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Déjà Valenzuela?

Pat Valenzuela and the CHRB, July 2010:

The path to a conditional license in California was opened to Valenzuela, 47, under the terms of a stipulated agreement approved by board members that will require him to submit to hair follicle testing, according to the CHRB.

Pat Valenzuela and the CHRB, July 2004:

Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, who was suspended for the month of June for failing to submit to a drug test in January, was suspended again by the Hollywood Park board of stewards on Friday for failing to comply with a term of his conditional license that requires he submit to a hair follicle test.

“They never asked me to grow hair,” said the rider. “It’s not my fault.”

I wish Valenzuela well. He’s been riding in Louisiana for two years without trouble, and maybe, as Pat Day tells Jay Hovdey, “this time it will be different.” But I also hope that the CHRB is asking him to grow hair this time around.

Posted in Jockeys on July 22, 2010

High Praise for Sutherland

Chantal Sutherland, Queen of the Longshots: “She could become the best female jockey since Julie Krone” (LAT).

Posted in Jockeys on March 21, 2008

10,00 Wins for Ricardo

Jorge Ricardo becomes the first jockey to get 10,000 wins.

Posted in Jockeys on January 10, 2008