RaceBrief for June 30
Stake winners and top Midlantic-breds, in our weekend RaceBrief.
Stake winners and top Midlantic-breds, in our weekend RaceBrief.
Rodney Dangerfield said that he went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. Replace “hockey game” with “horse race,” and you have the week in horse racing.
Delaware stewards yesterday suspended trainer Juan Vazquez for 90 days, fined him, and sent him to counseling for starting a fight with rider Trevor McCarthy.
Trainer Juan Vazquez and jockey Trevor McCarthy appeared before the Delaware Racing Commission stewards today to discuss their Monday fight.
Trainer Juan Vazquez and rider Trevor McCarthy scuffled following Delaware Park’s fourth race Monday, leading to the arrest of Vazquez.
Trevor McCarthy and Kieron Magee took the rider and trainer titles, respectively, at the just-concluded Pimlico spring meeting.
Victor Carrasco, last year’s Eclipse Award-winning apprentice jock, won four at Pimlico on Saturday to close in on meet leading rider Trevor McCarthy.
Parx shipper Made Up crushed a good allowance field to take the featured race at Pimlico on Derby day.
Pimlico’s turf superintendent estimated that 6.2 million gallons of water were dumped on the track yesterday. That didn’t bother Trevor McCarthy.
In today’s RaceBrief, leading Pimlico rider Trevor McCarthy gets suspended, and Charles Town rider Victor Rodriguez gets off his mount — in mid-race.