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Four-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy was all smiles as he returned to racing on Monday afternoon after being involved in a car crash over the weekend. It's believed that the crash occurred ...
Four-time champion jockey Oisin Murphy was forced to miss racing on Sunday afternoon after being involved in a car crash. It's believed that the crash occurred shortly after Murphy, 29 ...
Sovereignty's win is historic for many people involved, including the horse's jockey, Junior Alvarado. The veteran jockey has been in the horse-racing industry for almost two decades now ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Temporarily sidelined by a hard fall, jockey Junior Alvarado put it behind him with the ride of a lifetime in the Kentucky Derby. Most satisfying was guiding Sovereignty past ...
WITH MORE DETAILS ON THE RULING. KENT. WELL, VICKI AND RICK, BLOOD-HORSE REPORTING THAT SOVEREIGNTY’S JOCKEY, JUNIOR ALVARADO, HAS BEEN FINED $62,000 AND SUSPENDED FOR TWO RACING DAYS.
“When we hit the five-eighths pole he said he was ready,” said jockey Junior Alvarado to Churchill Downs publicity. “I didn’t want to get too excited. When we turned for home, I got him in ...
The jockey riding Sovereignty, Junior Alvarado, shared his thoughts after the big victory. Alvarado is the Venezuelan son of a jockey. Sovereignty "is a 3-year-old colt and has raced from 2024 to ...
About five weeks ago, Junior Alvarado was heartbroken. The 38-year-old jockey from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, fractured his shoulder blade in a spill at Gulfstream Park days before the Florida Derby.
Kentucky Derby winner Junior Alvarado spoke to NBC News’ Joe Fryer and Savannah Sellers about his journey to becoming the derby winner, a dream Alvarado had since he was a child.
Behind her stands a bigger-than-life poster bearing her face but she pays it no mind. Such are the norms of a jockey of her repute. It seems natural to those looking on that Doyle's profile has grown ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Temporarily sidelined by a hard fall, jockey Junior Alvarado put it behind him with the ride of a lifetime in the Kentucky Derby. Most satisfying was guiding Sovereignty ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Less than two months before the Kentucky Derby, jockey Junior Alvarado was praying to god to heal him. On March 23, Alvarado was riding the horse Term at Gulfstream Park in ...