NOTEBOOK: VALENZUELA IS CLEARED TO RIDE AGAIN; OFT-TROUBLED JOCKEY GRANTED ONE-YEAR `CONDITIONAL' LICENSE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Pat Valenzuela Patrick Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962 in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles were jockeys. , the oft-suspended jockey, is getting yet another chance under a unique, one-year ``conditional'' license granted by the California Horse Racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with Board. The CHRB CHRB California Horse Racing Board CHRB Community Housing Resource Board (Montana) CHRB Commonwealth Health Research Board announced Monday that Valenzuela signed an agreement over the weekend to submit to random drug and alcohol testing and continue substance-abuse treatment. His new license, effective with the Sept. 29 opening of the Oak Tree Racing Association The Oak Tree Racing Association is an American not-for-profit corporation that exists to conduct live thoroughbred horse racing in Southern California. History In 1968, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club the operators of Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California decided to season at Santa Anita, can be revoked if he fails to meet those conditions. CHRB spokesman Mike Marten marten, name for carnivorous, largely arboreal mammals (genus Martes) of the weasel family, widely distributed in North America, Europe, and central Asia. Martens are larger, heavier-bodied animals than weasels, with thick fur and bushy tails. said executive director Roy Wood was swayed by favorable reports on Valenzuela's battle with substance abuse. Valenzuela, 36, hasn't competed since October 1997, when Santa Anita stewards barred him indefinitely for missing riding assignments without being excused, his eighth suspension for absence and drug-related infractions in a nine-year span. When Valenzuela shows up, he can be brilliant: He won the 1989 Kentucky Derby and Preakness aboard Sunday Silence, has ridden six Breeders' Cup winners, and has been the leading jockey six times at Southern California thoroughbred meets. - Kevin Modesti Fairplex stunner stunner device used in abattoirs to stun an animal so that it is unconscious when it is bled out. concussion stunner a captive-bolt, nonpenetrating device, activated by a standard bullet. : Defending champion One O Seven, a 34-1 shot, caught Fontal in the final strides and posted a major upset in the $50,000 Bangles and Beads Stakes for fillies and mares at Fairplex Park. Ridden by Matt Garcia at 114 pounds, One O Seven ran 6-1/2 furlongs in 1:16 4/5 while hitting the wire a head in front of Fontal. Stop Traffic, the 7-10 favorite, finished seventh in the eight-horse field. A 5-year-old mare bred in British Columbia, Canada, One O Seven returned $70.80, $24.80 and $7.20. It was her first victory in 10 starts since capturing last year's Bangles and Beads. Warren Stute trains One O Seven for owner Leif Nordahl of Vancouver, B.C. Stop Traffic, a multiple Grade I winner with earnings of $824,019, vied for the lead for 5 furlongs before weakening on the final turn. Garcia rode three winners on the 12-race card and moved into third place in the jockey standings with 12 victories. Martin Pedroza and Iggy Puglisi are first and second with 20 and 14 wins, respectively. Keeneland sale: A filly by Alydeed brought a top price of $190,000 during Monday's session of Keeneland's September Yearling yearling an animal in its second year of age, e.g. yearling cattle, yearling filly, yearling colt. yearling disease rinderpest in wildebeeste in the Serengheti. Sale in Lexington, Ky. Robert and Beverly J. Lewis bought the bay filly, named Entrance, out of Enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. Spell, by Devil's Bag. Eaton Sales, as agent, sold the filly. A filly by Wolf Power and a colt by Gold Fever each sold for $175,000, the second-highest price of the day. Merv Griffin bought the bay filly by Wolf Power out of Key Flight. |
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