Velazquez Breaks Own Record; Bailey’s Grip on Eclipse Shaky
“John Velazquez rode three winners Friday, including two for leading trainer Todd Pletcher, to break the single-season jockey victory total at Saratoga Race Course that he set last year.” (Blood-Horse)
“Even before jockey Jerry Bailey took a tumble off a ladder at his Florida home on Wednesday, his grip on an eighth Eclipse Award would have been harder to hang on to than an umbrella during Hurricane Frances. It’s not that Bailey is having a bad year. He is simply having a season that doesn’t rank with his record-setting 2003, and a couple of other riders are poised to take advantage.” (New York Daily News)
