Paco Lopez did not violate HISA whip rules when winning the Preakness, Maryland Racing Commission stewards said Friday.
Thanks to his first-ever Triple Crown race win — aboard Napoleon Solo in the Preakness — Paco Lopez has earned Jockeys’ Guild Jockey of the Week.
In a statement, PETA alleges that jockey Paco Lopez violated use-of-the-crop rules when winning the Preakness aboard Napoleon Solo.
Napoleon Solo rediscovered his 2-year-old form in a Preakness triumph for the history books Saturday at Laurel Park.
The Jockeys’ Guild today pushed back on HISA’s six-month suspension of Paco Lopez, calling it “uncalled for and beyond ludicrous.”
HISA has come down hard on Paco Lopez, hitting him with a 6-month suspension after the organization deemed him to have violated crop rules.
Jockey Paco Lopez won five races, including four Claiming Crown Preview events, on a banner day at Colonial Downs.
Classy 7-year-old New Jersey-bred He’spuregold won Monmouth’s Irish War Cry Handicap Sunday for the fifth consecutive year.
Paco Lopez won a dozen races, including three stakes, last week to share Jockeys’ Guild Jockey of the Week honors with Umberto Rispoli.
Vote No rallied late to prevail in Delaware Park’s Cape Henlopen, one of three undercard stakes on the Delaware Derby and Oaks card.