More on Jockeys' Dispute
"Tensions in the jockey-insurance controversy at Churchill Downs were on display Wednesday when a group of about 10 banned riders walked onto track property to demand the return of their equipment and other personal effects on the first racing day that they were barred from competition. Churchill personnel ultimately complied, but not before several of the jockeys, led by Shane Sellers, squared off verbally with track security and Louisville Metro Police officers. There were no arrests in the incident,which lasted about 25 minutes." (Daily Racing Form)
More: "No one really seemed to care too much about unfamiliar faces on the horses" (Lexington Herald- Leader) and "Some unfamiliar names ride after 15 jockeys are barred for protesting insurance coverage" (LA Times).
Related: "It's goodbye Kentucky, hello New York for Rafael Bejarano, the nation's winningest jockey, who's moving his tack to Aqueduct after he quit riding at Churchill Downs last weekend over an insurance dispute. Bejarano will ride Colita for trainer Todd Pletcher in Saturday's Stuyvesant Handicap at the Big A, then begin riding here on a daily basis Nov. 20, according to his new agent, Joaquin 'Joe' Ferrer, who said Bejarano plans to ride the NYRA circuit throughout 2005." (New York Post)
Posted by JC, Nov 11, 2004 04:15 PM
