Very sad loss of a young life.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_1...#ixzz1M5DavpZz

Very tragic. Apparently, he was recently arrested for cocaine possession according to Fox sports. Hope that it was not a drug overdose.

http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing...-charge-051111

What a ***** shame. :(

Nice kid and a very very good jockey... I'm so sorry for his family and friends.

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http://www.arlingtonpark.com/video/m...iam-interviews

Second everyone here who is sadened to hear the news of this young talented jockey who passed way too soon. Thoughts and prayers go out to his family..

Sad, sad news... Michael Baze quickly became a favorite of mine.
The kid was good. 24 years old ...no more mounts. A terrible, terrible loss.

What a shame.

Accidental overdose..

http://www.drf.com/news/michael-baze...ental-overdose

Good grief cocaine and morphine? So sad.

Recent scientific research has discovered new avenues of treatment by showing conclusively that addiction is a chronic physical disease that attacks the brain, damaging key parts of the limbic system and cerebral cortex.


I have been sober for a little over three years. For me it is a combination of treatment, faith and AA. There are many resources available. Here are a couple of links.

http://www.aa.org/lang/en/meeting_fi...fm?origpage=29

http://www.enterhealth.com/HealingTh...rogram_Disease

Congrats on your sobriety

Ditto!

Very thoughtful of you to post the links for those that might want to check them out.

i remember watching him and talamo coming up together.

baze seemed like he would be a great jockey for a lot of years.

very sorry.

It's easy to romanticize the dead but great jockey? Come on, man. Let him rest in peace but lets not lose perspective.

Coachie Luv I'm not correcting you or anything but here's a story...

There's another board that I haven't even logged onto for literally years but I can remember starting a thread, back when he was riding out here, and it was something like 10 years from now who will be the greatest living jockey and he was my choice.

I thought he'd be one of the greats and that's not looking back cause the poor kid is gone and trying to turn him into something he wasn't... it's just what I thought (I remember others saying Talamo) at the time.

What a ****ing shame.