Concussion Sustained In Belmont Spill Sidelines Junior Alvarado Sponsored by:
Junior Alvarado
Jockey Junior Alvarado, one of three jockeys involved in a spill in Thursday s eighth race on opening day at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., was off all mounts this weekend and will miss several stakes engagements at Churchill Downs next week, including a possible ride aboard Caddo River in the G1 Kentucky Derby, according to a report in Daily Racing Form.
Alvarado was released from a local hospital on Thursday evening but took of mounts the following day and saw a specialist who determined the rider had suffered a concussion. He had fallen hard to the turf when his mount, Sport Model, clipped heels when in tight rounding the stretch turn. Jockey Manny Franco escaped injury when his mount, Undetectable, collided with the fallen horse. A third rider, Pablo Fragoso, was diagnosed with a wrist fracture and also lost two teeth when he was thrown to the ground after his mount, Sailor
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Gulfstream Park paddock
Advance wagering on the $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) and the $1 million Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational (G1 and all other races on Saturday s 12-race program at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., will be available to bettors on Friday.
The Pegasus Day program will feature graded stakes in the last six races on Saturday s program. The Late Pick 4 (Races 9-12) and Late Pick 5 (Races 8-12) will both have guaranteed pools of $750,000
The Pegasus Turf (Race 11) and the Pegasus (Race 12) will anchor the sequences for the Saturday s Late Pick 4 and Pick 5, as well as the Rainbow 6 (Races 7-12).