Brags...
Boody-We wanted to tell you that Boody won
High Point Cowdog once again - out of 28 catahoulas. Finally
the catahoula people are starting to say that sheepherding with him is
paying off! We bragged on you up there. A guy from Phelan said he met
you at Highland Games. He said he dressed you up. (??) I wish you could
have been there to see his run!...Lisa
Curley-Imagine being an outrider, a jockey is on the ground
unconscious in the middle of the track, his horse is running loose, the
rest of the race is still running, 10 horses coming at you going about
40 to 50 mph, and it's your job to keep the jockeys and horses all out
of harm's way. Curley explains his outriding job as the "track
lifeguard" ... watching this race proved it... he risked his life, his
horse's life, but the happy ending is that everyone is safe and sound.
-Lisa
(I put the article in the next column and added a
graphic<JMS>)
 Accident cancels race at Fairplex BY JERRY ANTONUCCI, Special to the Daily News POMONA - A racing accident shortly after the start of Thursday's sixth race created a bizarre set of circumstances that resulted in the event being declared "no contest" by the Fairplex Park stewards. Irish Honor, ridden by jockey Jose Dominguez, clipped heels of another horse about 100 yards into the 6 -furlong sprint. Dominguez was thrown to the track when Irish Honor stumbled after the mishap. Dominguez lay flat on his back at the one-eighth pole in midstretch as the other eight horses in the field continued the race. The track ambulance crew immediately began attending to Dominguez. They were attempting to put him on a stretcher and remove him from the track before the horses came through the stretch for the second time. However, the horses were approaching the crew and Dominguez so quickly that Fairplex steward Kim Sawyer radioed the outrider, Arthur "Curly" Ortiz, and told him to wave off the race. "Curly's experienced," Sawyer said. "He knew exactly what to do." Ortiz rode his horse to the middle of the track and began waving his arms, letting the jockeys know there was a serious problem ahead and to discontinue the race. Once the jockeys saw Ortiz, they began to gear down their mounts, and the race was declared "no contest." Dominguez was taken to nearby Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center. He was "alert" and "communicative," a hospital spokesperson said. Approximately $440,000 in win, place, show, exacta, quinella, trifecta, superfecta and daily double wagers were refunded. http://www.dailybulletin.com/search/ci_6953771?IADID=Search-www.dailybulletin.com-www.dailybulletin.com |
November, 2007