It is not all roses for Sonny Leon.
The jockey who rode 80-1 prolonged shot Wealthy Strike to a stunning victory at the Kentucky Derby is serving a suspension this 7 days that will retain him from driving right up until Friday.
The Courier Journal reviews Leon acquired a 4-day ban for careless driving in a past race and that it is his fifth suspension due to the fact September. A few ended up for careless riding, and one was for “presenting fake and altered paperwork from a actual physical examination to West Virginia stewards and a further for inflicting seen accidents on one particular of his mounts by misuse of the whip,” the paper discovered.
The five suspensions totaled 32 times.
The Venezuelan’s household keep track of is Cincinnati’s Belterra Park, and he will journey in 7 races there on Friday. Even so, his get in the initially leg of the Triple Crown seems to be opening up new chances for the 32-yr-previous.
“Without a shadow of a question, it’s place him on the map,” his agent Jeff Perrin explained to the paper. “It’s tough to fathom. Our aspiration was to attract in and get into the Derby.”
Leon masterfully rode Loaded Strike on Saturday by way of the crowded 20-horse industry to chase down the most loved, Epicenter, and capture a victory noticed no a single could have predicted. Overheard sights showed just how specific Leon experienced to be as he prodded Loaded Strike from the back again of the pack up to the frontrunners.
“We’re still attempting to come back again to earth,” Perrin stated. “I’ve reached out to some of the trainers on the bottom that I talked to on Derby weekend. What we’re not likely to do is overlook the individuals who helped us get to the Derby.”
Leon and Perrin have fielded gives from Gulfstream and Churchill Downs this 7 days for achievable rides, even so he 1st will have to comprehensive his suspension, which was lowered from 8 to 4 times due to the fact he opted not to appeal.
Leon was most not too long ago suspended for an April 27 incident at Ohio’s Thistledown, exactly where — in accordance to the Courier Journal — stewards ruled that Leon “deliberately and aggressively steered in in direction of the rail to block on-coming horses on the inside of.”
The most significant issue surrounding Leon, while is if Loaded Strike will run in The Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Could 21.
“As lengthy as he’s Alright and after a 7 days I know that it’s the right point to do, we’ll do it,” veteran coach Reed explained Sunday early morning at Churchill Downs. “I have to do what I have performed from working day a person with this horse, and that is handle him and acquire care of him.”
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