Jockey Misjudges Finish Line… By Seven Furlongs
Sept 23, 2014 12:50:40 GMT -5
Post by cait on Sept 23, 2014 12:50:40 GMT -5
unreal - can laugh as I'm not the owner but seriously, 7F? think Julio needs either more or less meds!
Penn National: Jockey Misjudges Finish Line… By Seven Furlongs
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by Scott Jagow
It’s fair to say rider Julio A. Hernandez won’t be adding Saturday’s 2nd race at Penn National to his highlight reel.
It’s not that Hernandez chose the wrong finish line – it was the correct one — unfortunately for him, however, the race still had another lap to go.
Hernandez reportedly got the mount on 4-year-old Pennsylvania bred, Big Feat, because the jockey that was supposed to ride, Victor Carrasco, was late arriving from Laurel Park. Hernandez was then assigned to the 25-1 longshot by trainer Elizabeth Merryman for the allowance event featuring a field of eight going 1 1/2 miles on the turf.
Hernandez, a fairly seasoned rider with more than $2.7 million in earnings from 2,141 starts, seems to have missed that last part about the distance.
He did what he was supposed to do early, breaking alertly and getting an easy lead, but what happened next makes this one of the stranger races you’ll ever see. Watch below.
Penn National: Jockey Misjudges Finish Line… By Seven Furlongs
PR
by Scott Jagow
It’s fair to say rider Julio A. Hernandez won’t be adding Saturday’s 2nd race at Penn National to his highlight reel.
It’s not that Hernandez chose the wrong finish line – it was the correct one — unfortunately for him, however, the race still had another lap to go.
Hernandez reportedly got the mount on 4-year-old Pennsylvania bred, Big Feat, because the jockey that was supposed to ride, Victor Carrasco, was late arriving from Laurel Park. Hernandez was then assigned to the 25-1 longshot by trainer Elizabeth Merryman for the allowance event featuring a field of eight going 1 1/2 miles on the turf.
Hernandez, a fairly seasoned rider with more than $2.7 million in earnings from 2,141 starts, seems to have missed that last part about the distance.
He did what he was supposed to do early, breaking alertly and getting an easy lead, but what happened next makes this one of the stranger races you’ll ever see. Watch below.
