Headlines: January 18
– Maddy’s Lion wins inaugural Jimmy Winkfield Stakes at Aqueduct. (NYP)
– Jockey Kieren Fallon relaxes in Florida. “America … has clearly given him a fresh outlook on the business of riding.” (Guar.)
– Audiotape of a Jockeys’ Guild meeting reveals that the jockeys who went on strike at Churchill Downs last fall were coached by Guild lawyers, and that the incident in which rider Shane Sellers was escorted from the track may have been orchestrated by the organization. (SBJ)
– “Las Vegas will be the scene of the best horseplayers in the world,” with back-to-back handicapping tournaments this week. (Las Vegas Sun)
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