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From the jazzy pop of Chicago, the two-stepping hoedown of Texas and the beach-bumming car jams of California, four young “pump jockeys” perform tunes from throughout the highway’s route. In its ...
The comments come following a Racing Post expose of weighing room conditions at some courses, which included damp and mould, dangerous placement of equipment and inadequate facilities for female ...
Raul Mena was a young jockey in a race in his native Chile in 2011 when the horse he was riding jumped the rail, throwing him to the ground with severe injuries. "It was a scary accident," Mena ...
It would mark the first win at Churchill Downs for jockey Umberto Rispoli, and the second for trainer Michael McCarthy (2021, Rombauer). The 3-year-old colt got its name from co-owner Aron ...
California drivers who submitted a claim to get a part of a multimillion-dollar settlement over price gouging at the gas pump are starting to see the payments in their bank accounts. The payments ...
YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI -- A car was totaled after it caught fire Saturday while at a gas pump in Ypsilanti Township. The driver of a small SUV had started to fill up their car around 5:45 p.m. May ...
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A week ago today, May 3, 2025, jockey Junior Alvarado led Sovereignty to victory in the 151st running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Just a few days later, trainer Bill Mott revealed ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) - Jockey Junior Alvarado has been fined $62,000 and suspended two racing days for his winning-ride aboard Sovereignty in Kentucky Derby 151. According to industry reports ...
WITH MORE DETAILS ON THE RULING. KENT. WELL, VICKI AND RICK, BLOOD-HORSE REPORTING THAT SOVEREIGNTY’S JOCKEY, JUNIOR ALVARADO, HAS BEEN FINED $62,000 AND SUSPENDED FOR TWO RACING DAYS.
Junior Alvarado, jockey of Kentucky Derby-winning horse Sovereignty, was fined $62,000 by the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority on Friday for striking his horse with his riding crop too ...