Jeiron Barbosa shifting tack to the Fair Grounds
Twenty-year-old jockey Jeiron Barbosa will shift his tack from Laurel to the Fair Grounds in New Orleans for the meet that begins November 22.
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For Cruz, Barbosa Jamaican trip “a special moment”
For jockeys Jeiron Barbosa and Angel Cruz and agent Tom Stiff, an August trip to Jamaica’s Caymanas Park track was a working vacation – and a revelation.
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Jeiron Barbosa looking forward to big Maryland Million day
Young jockey Jeiron Barbosa has accomplished a lot in a short time, and Saturday he’ll aim for his first Maryland Million win.
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Angel Cruz, Jeiron Barbosa deadheat for Laurel title
Jockeys Angel Cruz and Jeiron Barbosa deadheated for the Laurel Park fall riding title, while Brittany Russell took home the training title.
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“Extremely lucky” Jeiron Barbosa escapes serious injury in spill
Apprentice rider Jeiron Barbosa walked away with only an injured wrist after an incident at Parx Racing that saw four riders unseated.
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Bug boy Jeiron Barbosa wins with first two Stateside mounts
Jeiron Barbosa, an 18-year-old apprentice jockey from Puerto Rico, made a splash his first day Stateside, winning with his first two Laurel Park mounts.
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No longer a bug, Charlie Marquez still winning
Jockey Charlie Marquez, who lost his apprentice allowance at the end of May, has continued his winning ways thus far during the Pimlico meet.
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Carrasco, Ferrer face long road back following injury
Jockeys Victor Carrasco and Jose Ferrer will be out quite a while as they recuperate from injuries sustained in a Delaware Park spill September 14.
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Ground-up approach has Jomar Torres on the rise
Jomar Torres’ first interaction with horses came from the ground up — as a farrier. Now he’s a rising young jockey thriving in the mid-Atlantic.
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Victor Carrasco returns from injury Thursday
Pimlico’s opening day Thursday will coincide with the return from injury of jockey Victor Carrasco, who missed about five weeks with a fractured scapula.
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Jockey Victor Carrasco, injured since early August, has a single mount at Laurel Park today and then a busy weekend as he makes his return to riding.
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Keiber Rengifo hopes to parlay hard work to racing success
Two decades after one young Venezuelan, Ramon Dominguez, burst on the racing scene, another, Keiber Rengifo, hopes he can use hard work to follow that path.
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