Carmouche riding at ‘new level’ into Belmont for first time
NEW YORK — Five months after breaking his right leg, Kendrick Carmouche needed to get back on a horse.
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AP Sportlight
June 5
1884 — James McLaughlin becomes the first jockey to...
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. out of Belmont following scary fall
NEW YORK — Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. is out of the Belmont Stakes after a scary fall while racing but seems to have escaped...
Hot Rod Charlie being run in Belmont in memory of Jake Panus
NEW YORK — Jake Panus wanted to help Native American children and walk on to play football at South Carolina.
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AP Sportlight
June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey...
Belmont Stakes: New York a standard-setter on medications
NEW YORK — When Bob Baffert was banned from entering horses in the Belmont Stakes, it was the latest example of the New York...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 4
1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
June 8
1935 — Omaha, ridden by Willis Saunders, becomes the...
Prat honors commitment to ride Hot Rod Charlie in Belmont
NEW YORK — After Flavien Prat rode Hot Rod Charlie in the Kentucky Derby, he committed ride him again at the Belmont Stakes.
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New horse racing chief calls sport’s clean-up ‘steep climb’
The chairman of horse racing’s future governing body said the failed drug test of Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit shows the need for a...