Cornelio velasquez injured bird

          Under jockey Cornelio Velasquez, the 3-year-old homebred was fourth at the quarter pole, third at the half, and rolled to the lead at the top of.

        1. Under jockey Cornelio Velasquez, the 3-year-old homebred was fourth at the quarter pole, third at the half, and rolled to the lead at the top of.
        2. He was unseated when Good Going Darl, under Cornelio Velasquez, came out from the inside fence and pushed another runner into Admiral Bird, said jockey Garrett.
        3. Prominent jockey Cornelio Velasquez was taken to a hospital and two horses died from injuries Sam-Son Farms' homebred Up With the Birds closed with a.
        4. Pletcher said he was unsure whether Strong Hope ducked from Velazquez's whip or was startled by a bird in the stretch when he took an awkward.
        5. At least Mine That Bird finished in the money in all three Triple Crown races.

          6. Prominent jockey Cornelio Velasquez was taken to a hospital and two horses died from injuries Sam-Son Farms' homebred Up With the Birds closed with a..

          Why Panama is known for best jockeys in world: 'Dream for us is the same — to race in the Kentucky Derby'

          JUAN DIAZ, Panama — Wilmar Alarcon grew up where the highway dead-ends into impassable jungle.

          Where young boys ride farm horses to town and race each other bareback.

          Where sons of plantain farmers sit in wood-plank shacks, listening to horse racing on the radio, and dream of thundering across a finish line at 40 miles per hour.

          But it is here, far from the Darién rainforest in a maze of threadbare barns tucked into a gritty neighborhood east of Panama City’s glitzy skyscrapers, where Alarcon is taking his shot at that dream.

          Since the first Panamanian riders exploded on the U.S.

          racing scene in the 1960s, turning humble backgrounds into riches, waves of aspiring jockeys like Alarcon have beaten a path to one of the world’s storied jockey schools to seek similar fame.

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