Category: News
Maragh honored with Comeback Jockey of the Year Aw...
Posted by Wynn Elliott | Nov 19, 2017 | Awards, Featured, Jennie Rees, News | 0 |
‘They Just Want To Ride’: Small Changes In Scale O...
Posted by C.J. Johnsen | Feb 9, 2017 | News | 0 |
RUNHAPPY Summer Meet At Ellis Park
by Wynn Elliott | Jul 2, 2020 | News | 0 |
Ellis Park Press Release James Graham won last year’s Ellis Park riding title amid what likely was the toughest jockey colony in track history. Now he’ll try to repeat his crown against an even deeper assembly of riders during...
Read MoreBejarano, Leparoux joining Ellis Park jockey colony
by Wynn Elliott | Jun 26, 2020 | News | 0 |
Ellis Park Press Release HENDERSON, Ky. (Thursday, June 25, 2020) — Rafael Bejarano and Julien Leparoux — two of America’s leading jockeys and who rank among horse racing’s top 25 in all-time purse earnings — plan to make Ellis...
Read MoreJockey Mario Pino Launches Season with Career Win No. 6,941
by Wynn Elliott | Jun 11, 2020 | News | 0 |
Gulfstream Park Press Release Jockey Mario Pino, racing’s 10th all-time leading rider approaching 7,000 career wins, made a late but successful start to 2020 by guiding 2-year-old filly Amanzi Yimpilo to a popular front-running...
Read MoreTorres Will be Busy on First Day as Journeyman Friday
by Wynn Elliott | Jun 11, 2020 | News | 0 |
Gulfstream Park Press Release HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jockey Cristian Torres, who finished up a highly successful apprenticeship Wednesday, will be keeping busy on his first day as a journeyman Friday, when he will have mounts in...
Read MoreEdgar Prado Passes Cordero for 8th All-Time with Win 7,058
by Wynn Elliott | May 22, 2020 | News | 0 |
Gulfstream Press Release HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Jockey Edgar Prado moved past fellow Hall of Famer Angel Cordero to grab sole possession of eighth place in the all-time standings for races-won with victory No. 7,058 Thursday at...
Read MoreCollett Has An Eye For Design
by Wynn Elliott | May 13, 2020 | International, News, Women in Racing | 0 |
By NZ Racing Desk Leading New Zealand jockey Samantha Collett hasn’t been idle during the country’s near two-month lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Just two days into lockdown the Matamata hoop decided to follow...
Read MoreFrench Ace Hamelin is enjoying His Hong Kong Start
by Wynn Elliott | May 13, 2020 | International, News | 0 |
Hong Kong Jockey Club Press Release By Declan Schuster Antoine Hamelin has made a fine start to his Hong Kong career since emerging from quarantine five weeks ago and the Frenchman is showing no signs of slowing as one of...
Read MoreJockeying for Position
by Wynn Elliott | Apr 6, 2020 | News | 0 |
Oaklawn Park Press Release A triple Saturday pushed Martin Garcia into second in the rider standings after 42 days of the scheduled 57-day season. Garcia won the seventh race aboard Cardamon ($20.40) for Hall of Fame trainer...
Read MoreTyler Gaffalione Riding Right at Home at Gulfstream Park
by Wynn Elliott | Apr 6, 2020 | News | 0 |
Gulfstream Park Press Release HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Tyler Gaffalione continued his hot start for the Spring/Summer Meet at Gulfstream Park Sunday by riding three winners, giving the 25-year-old rising star a total of 13 winners...
Read MoreTalamo Making His Presence Known in Oaklawn’s Jockey Standings
by Wynn Elliott | Mar 30, 2020 | News | 0 |
Oaklawn Park Press Release Jockey Joe Talamo, previously based in Southern California, has made a huge splash in his first season as an Oaklawn regular. Through Friday, the 37th day of the scheduled 57-day meeting, Talamo led...
Read MoreTeenaged Marquez Continues Hot Streak at Laurel
by Wynn Elliott | Mar 16, 2020 | News | 0 |
Laurel Park Press Release LAUREL, MD – For the second consecutive Sunday, teenaged apprentice rider Charlie Marquez ended the racing week with a three-win day at Laurel Park. His latest triple gave the newly turned...
Read MoreJockey Scott Stevens Records Milestone 5,000th Career Victory
by Wynn Elliott | Mar 10, 2020 | News | 0 |
Turf Paradise Press Release It was 1976 at Les Bois Park in Boise, Idaho, when Scott Stevens, a few months shy of the legal age of 16-years-old requirement, recorded his first career victory aboard a horse named Truckin Again....
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