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A 19-year-old exercise rider died at a horse racing track in Florida Saturday morning, and was honored with a moment of silence by jockeys and their valets.

The brother of a Venezuelan exercise rider who died Saturday morning at the Tampa Bay Downs said 19-year-old Daniel Quintero was following his dreams of becoming a jockey when he was killed. 

TAMPA, Fla.—An exercise rider at a Florida horse track died Saturday in a training accident, officials said. Tampa ...

Jockeys and valets observed a moment of silence for Mr Quintero at the track.

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An exercise rider at a Florida horse track has died in a training accident. Tampa Bay Downs said 19-year-old Daniel Quintero was fatally injured Saturday morning while working with horses,

An exercise rider at a Florida horse track died Saturday in a training accident, officials said.

Exercise rider Daniel Quintero, 19, died from injuries suffered in an early morning accident while aboard a horse at Tampa Bay Downs in Oldsmar, Fla.

Tampa Bay Downs will present a screening of the documentary film Mill Reef: A Legacy of Heart on Saturday, Feb. 18

Tampa Bay Downs launches its 97th anniversary season of Thoroughbred racing on Wednesday with a nine-race card beginning at 12:38 p.m.