**UPDATE: JOCKEY JORGE CHAVEZ HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Contact: Dan Silver
CHAVEZ RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL, CLEARED TO RIDE THURSDAY
ELMONT, N.Y. – X-rays were negative on jockey Jorge Chavez, a winner of 18 New York riding titles, after a spill that occurred Wednesday, September 22 at Belmont Park. He has been released from
The 48-year-old Peruvian jockey was riding Pea Stone for trainer Faustino Ramos when the 2-1 favorite fell going around the far turn in
Pea Stone, a 4-year-old daughter of Smart Strike, was euthanized after suffering a compound fracture of her left front leg.
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