ferrer suspended.
 

from drf.com I didnt like this guy after I took my gf to the track and he was all creepy and eye ****ing her when he came around the paddock.


Jose Ferrer suspended at Hawthorne
By MARCUS HERSH
CHICAGO - Jose Ferrer, the second-leading jockey at the current Hawthorne meet, has been suspended 30 days by Hawthorne stewards, who allege Ferrer failed to do his best to win the fifth race Saturday while riding Burke's Legend.

Ferrer took off his mounts Sunday, though the suspension does not take effect until Friday, Oct. 27. Oscar Sanchez, Ferrer's agent, said Ferrer proclaimed his innocence and would appeal the ruling as soon as possible.

"He didn't do anything wrong," Sanchez said.

Stewards saw things differently, taking swift action less than 24 hours after the race in question. Burke's Legend, trained by Jerry Gryczewski, was the tepid 5-2 favorite in a $4,000 claiming race. He broke in front under Ferrer, raced in second most of the backstretch and around the turn and still was in contention while racing between horses into the stretch. Ferrer appears to pull on the reins at about the three-sixteenths pole while looking to his outside, as Cleaning House, the 3-1 second choice, swept past with a wide run on his way to an easy victory. Burke's Legend would wind up a close third behind 7-2 shot Bull'o the Woods.

Chief steward Eddie Arroyo said authorities were "still investigating" any sign of irregular betting patterns.

The stewards ruling cited Ferrer for violating a statute that says: "Every horse in every race must be ridden so as to finish as near as possible to first and show the best and fastest race it is capable of at that time."

Arroyo said the 30-day suspension was discretionary. "We could have given him more, we could have given him less," he said.

Should get 6 months.

I knew it....I FREAKING KNEW IT....I have seen enough of his rides to know the guy is a cheat. I have told Scavs and Gander countless times the guy is a crook.

Nothing could be worse for the game. This is much too short.

Paul

I say take away his freaking license. Very few people watch more races at Tampa Bay Downs than I do, and I have seen him give enough shady rides down there to know he is a cheat.

Replay available online for free
 

http://www.hawthorneracecourse.com/l.../061021-09.asx

5th race

That is hilarious, chokes the hell out of the horse

He burned me once in a claimer. I swear he looked back at least 20 times in the race and didn't urge the horse once.

He should be investigated and banned until the investigation is over.

How could he not get more than a month? What message are you sending?

seen that ride a few time before...the guy is a POS...in my opinion.

what is nuts is that I bet that horse yesterday and I watched the race and just thought the 9 was much the best, guess not....

I just watched the replay...pretty odd. I would guess someone alerted the stewards to this as few are sharp enough to understand he didn't allow his horse to win.

The guy should lose his license....period. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are bet on these races, this guy is clearly cheating, and he gets suspended for a month? Huh? I say give him a fair trial, and if convicted, throw him in jail. Maybe that we would could find out the whole story. Tampering with a sporting event is a federal offense...right?

The jock should be banned for life.
Don't mess with Hawthorne. The jockeys are a bunch of crooks. They all ride over their weight in the winter and get away with it. You think the horse you're betting is carrying 115 when it's really carrying 122 and then some.;)

jose chokem down ..thats the name some of us have used for a wile..gpk holla...

"choke hold" ferrer. he forgot the stiff was on til too late.

Hence the reason I always am a fan of the "Ferrer Off" angle

I think he's married to Rosemary Homeister. They'll let him back to ride at the rodeo... aka Big Sandy... aka Tampa.

she has rode a few winners at Calder since un-retiring. Wish she could convince him to retire....too much money to be made stiffing horses I guess.

They were married. Divorced now.

Eric

no one ever called her dumb.....