Paco Lopez won both Colonial Downs stakes Saturday, including an upset over Barbadian Runner aboard Inveigled in the Yorktown.
With Monmouth Park holding a day in his honor, Book’em Danno showed off for the hometown fans with a win in the Mr. Prospector Stakes.
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.