5th Race at Philadelphia Park

[Patrick333]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

1933 Derby - Meade vs. Fisher

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http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...8715/index.htm

Great article. Thanks for sharing.

[bahughes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1MAaPD3l2k

here is the video of it enjoy

[Scav]

It is about to be on Sportscenter, they just had it on the opening....

[Riot]

Geesh, it looks like Vaz deliberately grabbed rein and took Devine Light out to try and take out Santos (he appears to run Devine Light right into him, purposely), and when that didn't work, he started punching him.

Did anything happen before that? I can't believe they let these guys ride the rest of the day.


Thanks for the replay post.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Scav

It is about to be on Sportscenter, they just had it on the opening....

Unbelieveable. The sport can barely get any positive coverage for the Rachael's Woodward win or even the Breeders cup. But I'm sure that this $7500 dollar claiming race will national news for the next few days.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Unbelieveable. The sport can barely get any positive coverage for the Rachael's Woodward win or even the Breeders cup. But I'm sure that this $7500 dollar claiming race will national news for the next few days.

Hey free pub is free pub

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Hey free pub is free pub

They actually let Vaz ride the next race..This is the real story..If Tyson bites a dudes ear they don't say (in my best Monty Python's) "its just a flesh wound"

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

Unbelieveable. The sport can barely get any positive coverage for the Rachael's Woodward win or even the Breeders cup. But I'm sure that this $7500 dollar claiming race will national news for the next few days.

no such thing as bad publicity.

[Scav]

I am surprised Philly Park didn't call ESPN and ask to be announced as "Philly Park and Casino"

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Scav

I am surprised Philly Park didn't call ESPN and ask to be announced as "Philly Park and Casino"

PARX

[Bigsmc]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no such thing as bad publicity.

Tiger Woods might beg to differ.

[GPK]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Tiger Woods might beg to differ.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Bigsmc

Tiger Woods might beg to differ.

i said bad, not absolutely disgusting.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no such thing as bad publicity.

I strongly disagree. Just more negative attention to the sport.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by MaTH716

I strongly disagree. Just more negative attention to the sport.

Honestly this is as close to mainstream as racing gets. America loves violence.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by bahughes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1MAaPD3l2k

here is the video of it enjoy

Thanks for posting this.

Absolutely unbelievable!

[Bigsmc]

Santos on TVG right now.

[Patrick333]

Philly Park Jocks Await Stewards Decision

By Claire Novak

A sentence has yet to be handed down by Philadelphia Park stewards in the case of two jockeys who were involved in a mounted altercation at the Bensalem, Pa. track on Jan. 8. Stewards told Ademar Santos and Eriluis Vaz, the riders involved in the incident, that they would reach a decision 7-10 days after a hearing held on Jan. 21.

“The stewards are supposed to give us a decision sometime within the next week or so,” said Carson Phelps, agent for Santos. “They didn’t want the agents in the room so I don’t know much more than that.”

Lou Albertrani, Vaz’s agent, did not return calls seeking comment.

Santos was struck by jockey Vaz after exchanging words with him in the middle of the fifth at Philadelphia on Jan. 8. Vaz’s mount, Divine Light, had bumped Santos (aboard Mi Helena), causing him to be pinched between horses. After Santos spoke to Vaz, Vaz punched Santos in the face. Santos swung back, then Vaz struck at him with his whip before Santos’ mount drew away. Vaz and Divine Light finished fifth but were disqualified to ninth. Mi Helena and Santos finished ninth.

“The kid I’ve got is pretty quiet, he just came here to do his job, he wasn’t looking for trouble,” said Phelps. “He just kept telling the stewards to look at the films, you can see who threw the first punch. He’s lucky the other guy didn’t pull him off the horse.”

Vaz issued a public apology Jan. 10 to the horse racing network TVG, saying he made “a terrible mistake… used bad judgment, and should have handled the situation differently.”

Both riders are suspended from the track until they receive their sentence.

http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...wards-decision