Maragh honored with Comeback Jockey of the Year Award

Maragh honored with Comeback Jockey of the Year Award

Nov 19, 2017 | , , , | 0 |

Photos: Rajiv Maragh won the 2017 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct on Irish War Cry and the Ballerina on By the Moon at Saratoga. Credit: Coglianese Photography ‘Rajiv embodies everything this award is meant to honor, including courage and perseverance to overcome adversity’ – JockeyTalk360’s C.J. Johnsen GRAPEVINE, Texas (Monday, Nov. 20, 2017) — Rajiv Maragh — who returned to riding at racing’s top level mere weeks after being sidelined for 15 months with career-threatening injuries — is the recipient of JockeyTalk360.com’s third annual Comeback Jockey of the Year Award, presented by Horsemen’s Track and Equipment. Horsemen’s Track and Equipment president...

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Sport of Kings: Behind the Scenes at the Pegasus World Cup

Aug 21, 2017 | , , | 0

  Wonder what it’s like to win the Kentucky Derby or Oaks? The world’s richest horse race? JockeyTalk360 takes you along for the ride with “Sport Of Kings” – a behind-the-scenes documentary series that allows viewers to follow the game through a jockey’s perspective. Executive producer Darrell Haire of the Jockey’s Guild takes the public into the jocks’ room to experience the world’s greatest races with the sport’s premier riders. Along the way, fans will witness breakthroughs being implemented for the safety and welfare of horses and riders.  “Sport of Kings” premieres on JockeyTalk360.com and Facebook.com/JockeyTalk360. Ride shotgun on Mike Smith’s roller-coaster journey through the Pegasus World Cup, the Dubai World Cup, and the San Diego Handicap as Arrogate becomes the planet’s richest racehorse in just a few starts only to endure a stunning upset at Del Mar.  Tune in next week for the release of the next episode of ‘Sport of Kings’: Dubai World Cup. It’s at your fingertips on JockeyTalk360.com, the website celebrating the sport of horse racing by showcasing jockeys from across the nation and around the world. Executive Producer – Darrell Haire Co-Directors – Darrell Haire II and Hector Cruz Sandoval Production and post-production by SANDOVAL MEDIA.   Share this:PrintTweetShare on TumblrLike this:Like...

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Hong Kong jockey wins on first U.S. mount at Ellis Park

Hong Kong jockey wins on first U.S. mount at Ellis Park

Jul 31, 2017 | , , | 0 |

By Jennie Rees for Ellis Park Publicity HENDERSON, Ky. (Sunday, July 30, 2017) — You couldn’t hardly find a more juxtaposed racetrack from the two in skyscaper-crammed Hong Kong (population 7.3 million and with the world’s largest betting pools) than Ellis Park, with its soybeans and now also corn and pumpkins in its infield. But the track affectionately called the Pea Patch is where Hong Kong-based jockey Keith Yeung had his first American mount — and win — Sunday, guiding favored Flying Tipat to neck victory amid a swarm to the wire of the $42,000 turf allowance feature. Young,...

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Oh, baby! Borel says he’s happier than with Derby victories

Jul 4, 2017 | , | 0 |

By Jennie Rees for Ellis Park HENDERSON, Ky. (Tuesday, July 4, 2017) — A year ago this holiday weekend, Calvin Borel was a visitor on the Churchill Downs backside, his first time at a racetrack since he suddenly retired with little explanation three months earlier at Oaklawn Park. The Hall of Fame jockey said he was just “chilling,” trying to decide what he wanted to do with his life after the relationship with a long-time girlfriend disintegrated. A lot has changed since then. Borel resumed riding last Aug. 27 at Ellis Park, the fans’ love-fest with the jockey picking right up where it left off. If his business was slower to resume, it certainly is picking up speed. In two days of riding at Ellis Park — he missed Saturday’s opener for his induction into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame and did not have a mount Tuesday — he has won three of eight starts with a pair of seconds, including one by a nose. All three wins were horses trained by his long-time friend, Buff Bradley. But here’s the 50-year-old jockey’s life-altering event: His fiancee, Renay Falkner, is pregnant with Borel’s first child, a boy due in late September or early October. He also plans to adopt Falkner’s 2-year-old son, Stephen. Borel estimates he’s known Falkner for 20 years, including when she was an exercise rider for...

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