Stricken on the Track
Welcome back to Belmont. Jockey Cornelio Velasquez picked up right where he left off at Saratoga, winning the second race with longshot Silver Edition and the third race with favorite Papa’s Kara, who was fortunately clear when Find the Chestnut broke down horribly at the top of the stretch, tossing rider Joe Bravo hard into the dirt in front of closely trailing horses. Thrown and stepped on by at least one horse, but conscious and alert, Bravo was transported to North Shore Hospital with a possible collarbone fracture, reports DRF. Find the Chestnut, a four-year-old daughter of Horse Chestnut trained by Gary Contessa with a record of 8-2-2-1, suffered a broken right foreleg and was euthanized on track.
