NAKATANI HANDED SUSPENSION; JOCKEY TO UNDERGO COUNSELING AFTER SHOVING APPRENTICE.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Corey Nakatani ''' Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970 in Covina, California, United States) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. As of 2006, Nakatani has won more than 3000 races including the Kentucky Oaks twice, the Canadian International Stakes, the Dubai Golden said he needed help, and the Del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Three days after he angrily shoved Ryan Barber off a galloping horse, Nakatani was suspended for the rest of the Del Mar season, forcing him to miss 26 racing days. In addition, the Del Mar stewards ordered Nakatani, a 26-year-old former high school wrestler from Covina, to seek counseling for aggression control. Nakatani said he made a Tuesday appointment with a counselor. The suspension is scheduled to run from Monday to Sept. 10, meaning Nakatani can ride Percutant, one of the long shots in the $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Saturday. But the stiff punishment will not allow him to ride in major stakes during his suspension, as jockeys involved in lesser infractions do in California. Nakatani told reporters at Del Mar on Wednesday he had nothing to add to his statements in a stewards' hearing Monday, when he apologized for the attack, which occurred as the horses slowed following the seventh race Sunday. Nakatani said then that he didn't intend to make Barber fall when he galloped alongside the 20-year-old apprentice and stuck out his left arm. Barber tumbled to the track and missed races Sunday and Monday because of a sore neck. Nakatani also claimed Monday that Barber had shouted an ethnic slur Noun 1. ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language aspersion, slur - a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on as they argued following the roughly run race. Nakatani's attorney, Darrell Vienna, indicated an appeal was possible. Vienna said he had received ``new information'' about the incident but didn't elaborate. ``I don't think (the ruling) was unreasonable based on the evidence at the present time,'' Vienna said, referring to the two-hour hearing Monday in front of Del Mar stewards George Slender, Ingrid Fermin and David Samuel David Samuel is the name of:
But Nakatani's agent, Bob Meldahl, said he was surprised by the length of the suspension, noting that jockey Rudy Campas received 15 days after a similar incident at Del Mar in 1973. ``It's a very severe penalty monetarily,'' Meldahl said. From 1994 to early '96, Nakatani was the hottest jockey in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , leading five meets at Del Mar, Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
A nephew died of cancer in 1995, Nakatani's sister was murdered in '96, his father died in April and the young son of a friend died recently. In January 1996 he earned notoriety beyond the racetrack when a horse he whipped after a race - apparently in anger - broke down and had to be destroyed. A connection between the whipping and the breakdown wasn't proven. Nakatani was suspended five days and fined $500. ``I know a lot of things have been bothering me, and (his temper has) been really short,'' Nakatani told the San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. Union-Tribune. ``Hopefully I can get the help I need.'' Through late July, Nakatani's horses had earned $6,359,606 in 1997 purses, putting him sixth among U.S. jockeys. At that rate, based on riders' take-home pay take-home pay n. The amount of one's salary remaining after federal, state, and often city income taxes and various other deductions have been withheld. percentage, missing an average month would cost Nakatani more than $50,000. The richest race he'll miss is the $1 million Arlington Million The Arlington Million is a Grade 1 flat horse race in the United States for thoroughbred horses aged three years and upward. It is raced over a distance of 1ΒΌ miles (approximately 2,000 metres) on the turf at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago) in on Aug. 24. His intended mount, Sandpit, has a good chance to win. The same cannot be said for his Pacific Classic mount, Percutant, a formerly French-based son of Perrault who will make his dirt-track debut Saturday after showing no Grade I ability on turf. Percutant is 12-1 on the morning line, behind 6-5 Gentlemen, 9-5 Siphon siphon (sī`fən, –fŏn), tube through which a liquid is lifted over an elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere and is then emptied at a lower level. , 9-2 River Keen and 5-1 Crafty Friend, and ahead of 30-1 Lord Jain. PACIFIC CLASSIC LINEUP Six horses were entered Wednesday in the Pacific Classic, a 1-1/4-mile race to be run Saturday at Del Mar. The purse is $1 million, and each horse will carry 124 pounds. PP Horse Jockey Odds(x) 1. Crafty Friend Alex Solis Alex O. Solis (born March 25, 1964 in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California. He first gained national prominence when he won the 1986 Preakness Stakes with Snow Chief. 5-1 2. Percutant Corey Nakatani 12-1 3. Siphon Chris McCarron 9-5 4. River Keen Kent Desormeaux 9-2 5. Lord Jain Rene Douglas 30-1 6. Gentlemen Gary Stevens 6-5 (x) - Actual odds will be set by bettors. CAPTION(S): Chart Chart: PACIFIC CLASSIC LINEUP (see text) |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion