Jockeys Irving Orozco and Assael Espinoza got dehydrated during the day and begged off their last mounts.
The following horses were recent “scratches” from their scheduled
starts at the Alameda County Fair:
7/9 MIDNIGHT SUNRISE Sick
7/9 LINFIELD Sick
7/10 SCORCHED Injured
7/10 STRUT TO THE WIRE Unsound
7/11 EMPRESSIVE CAT Sick
7/11 MISTER MOJO Unsound
7/11 TRASH TALKIN CAT Unsound
7/11 MANY ROSES Sick
7/11 AUTISMS WORLD Sick
Added to the 32 previously reported, this makes 41 horses unable to
race at this California track due to sickness or injury, over the
course of just nine days.
Then there’s this: On both July 9 and July 10, the stewards say,
“the temperature hovered around 106 degrees.” 106 degrees. And how
did the stewards proceed?
Well, for the jockeys, quite magnanimously: “Jockeys Irving Orozco and Assael Espinoza got dehydrated during the day and begged off their last mounts. Both were replaced by Kevin Orozco.”
For the other “athletes” (the horses, that is), not so much. For them, it was grin and bear it, boys, there’s money to be made. Vile.