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08-11-2006, 07:54 PM
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The Garcia fine - should it be higher or lower?
Excerpt from DRF.....
By STEVE ANDERSEN Garcia slapped with $1,000 fine Jockey Martin Garcia, who was second in the jockey standings through Thursday, has been fined $1,000 by Del Mar stewards for three offenses of breaking the skin of his mounts with his whip. The fine is the latest sanction against Garcia, one of the nation's top apprentice jockeys. He has compiled 13 days of suspension at this meeting because of careless riding, but has been allowed to continue riding while he appeals them. Garcia has won 18 races at this meeting, 11 behind leader Victor Espinoza. 
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08-11-2006, 07:58 PM
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Garcia has been riding the hair off of them lately.
Pun intended. 
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08-11-2006, 08:25 PM
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A $1K fine is not steep enough to be effective. This is a matter the trainer/owner should resolve. A threat to remove him from consideration on their mounts would get the jockey's attention and take some force out of those whip strokes. If the stewards are going to be involved, then the fine/punishment should be elevated sufficiently to become an effective deterrent.
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08-11-2006, 08:34 PM
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I think it should be higher too.....
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08-11-2006, 08:38 PM
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it should be LOWER, how else do you get 3 legged claimers to win???
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