Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Contact: Jon Forbes
DOMINGUEZ WINS FOUR AT
Dominguez, who came into Wednesday’s card with a one-race lead over Russell Baze in the 2010 North American jockey standings with a 178 wins, wasted no time padding his advantage, winning by a half-length aboard Who Is Lady ($6.80) in the first race and continuing with a 4½-length score in the third race with That’s Rich ($12.60).
After guiding Wicked Diva to a 2¾-length victory ($4.40) in the sixth race, Dominguez and Smart Woman ($7.70) held on to win by a nose in race seven.
“I always have high expectations because I want to win the most, but sometimes it doesn’t happen that way,” said Dominguez. “I looked at the races and thought my mounts were live, but you never know what will happen.”
A fifth win narrowly eluded Dominguez in the eighth race when I’ve Got Speed’s stretch rally fell a nose short.
Dominguez has won 52 races so far during the Spring/Summer Meet, 12 more than his closest challenger, Javier Castellano. Prior to Wednesday, Dominguez’s most recent four-bagger had come on April 7 at Aqueduct.
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