Winby5 answers Questions on Top Jockey Joel Rosario... A hearing, originally scheduled for Wednesday at Fairplex Park, has been postponed until Oct. 2 at Santa Anita, Rosario’s agent, Vic Stauffer, said Saturday.
Racing is currently being conducted at Fairplex Park, which fills the gap between Del Mar, which closed on Sept. 9, and the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita, which opens Sept. 30. Rosario is not riding at Fairplex.
Rosario was aboard Cedros in the 11th race on Sept. 6, a maiden race at 1 1/16 miles on turf. Cedros, a 4-1 shot in the field of 10, battled outside another rival for the early lead through the first half-mile of the race, then, according to the race’s official chart, “fell back some leaving the second turn and angled in, continued along the rail in the stretch and was edged for the show.” He finished a head behind the third-place finisher, Never.
Cedros is trained by John Glenney and is owned by Glenney and his wife, Kim.
According to Glenney, he complained to Del Mar’s stewards about Rosario and Stauffer after Stauffer approached Glenney the morning after the race and asked if Cedros was for sale.
“I thought that was highly unusual,” Glenney said in a telephone interview from Kentucky, where he returned after Del Mar’s season ended. “I had asked Rosario to make sure he kept Cedros outside horses. It wasn’t a good ride. And then to get the offer the next morning? I’ve never heard of something like that before. I asked the stewards to look into it. If they saw something, and decided to pursue it, so be it.”
The complaint filed against Rosario cited him for violations of three racing board rules. One pertains to unsatisfactory rides – “no jockey shall take his horse back without reasonable cause . . . or otherwise ride in a manner which is inconsistent with using the best efforts of the horse he is riding,” the rule states in part – and another is titled “conduct detrimental to horse racing.”
No charges have been filed against Stauffer. Mike Marten, the spokesman for the racing board, could not say if Stauffer was even being investigated. “The CHRB doesn’t confirm or deny investigations of this sort,” he said.
Stauffer on Saturday said, “Both Joel and I will not say anything until after the hearing.”
In addition to being the leading rider at Del Mar this summer, Rosario topped the standings at the Hollywood Park meeting earlier this year. Wb5 is behind Joel all the Way...The Top Rider
@ Hollywood and @ Delmar & All Jockeys that win Big Meets...Ride Very Hard All the Time..
Many owners feel that thier Horse should win the Race , usually because the Trainer has
told them, That they have a good Shot...Training Fees are Steep, and then You Bet Your Own Horse and lose!!..& Some Times the Trainer is the Owner.... Wow......Anyhow!!! Winby5 doesn't Know any Jockey that wants to lose Money
by not giving His or Her Best Ride.....Good Racing Luck to the Wb5 Family of Horseplayers....&
Go Fast and Win!!!!
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Hi Guys,
ReplyDeleteI read all that in DRF. I agree that Joel rides hard and has talent too. The timing of Stauffer asking if the horse is for sale right after a less than stellar ride by Rosario is what I find perplexing. Anybody's thoughts on this?
it could be that Rosario's agent has contacts or friends that are thoroughbred owners and wanted to simply know if the horse was for sale. the "timing" was unfortunate because the trainer/owner wasn't too happy with the ride but should have been professional in his acceptance of the poor ride or rather the poor outcome of his horse's placing. He's not the only owner who has ever had a horse finish below their ability. it happens in hundreds of races every racing day. what surprises me is the stewards willingness to validate the unfounded nature of the owners complaint if you can even call it a complaint. ask stauffer some questions by phone first on a deal like this no reason to make it public and i want to know how long it took the stewards to decide on calling in rosario about his ride. after the owner called or right after the race itself?
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