PVal retires..
 

Pat Valenzuela retiring after star-crossed 33 year career..

WOW!!

:tro:

3 months

I'll take the under.

Something tells me this wasn't a voluntary retirement.

P Val
 

He is 49, hard to make the weight without the HELP,GF problems ripped out his insides too!.Great jock who could of been much better, but "wants to stay in some facit of the game"...whatever it is, hopefully there is a drug test!:zz:

And he just figured this out about weight after having surgery? He must be the only guy in history that gained weight after an operation.

Obviously his license in CA is toast..again..and he has no options, Unless he wants to move his tack to Columbia...that might be a win-win for him.

I wish him well. I've always been a fan.

Sad to watch someone repeatedly self destruct.

I hope he'll be happier now.

No doubt. No more tests!

How did he get the mount on Courageous Cat? I thought he moved a little early in the Woodbine Mile. Not really his fault in the BC Mile, even though I thought the horse never looked comfortable. Just wondering if its common knowledge about him and his serious drug problems and other problems how he got such a top mount?

he got a top mount because he happens to be a very good rider.

Quigley: PVal on Creative Cause
 

Tom Quigley reports Pat Valenzuela is out of retirement -- :rolleyes: -- and will ride Creative Cause in Saturday's Santa Anita Derby.

lol

wow, shocking. ;)