PERRY WAYNE OUZTS, the oldest jockey to ever win a race in North America, picks up win #7,534 in today's 2nd race at @BelterraPark!!
At the age of 71, Ouzts earned his 3rd win of the year today aboard Lipstick N Lashes for trainer Barbara Riley.
Ouzts turns 72 on July 7 and holds the record for the most career mounts of any jockey in North American history, now with 53,729 #Ironman
He has scheduled mounts at Belterra on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Let's go, Perry!!!
🚨Five of the world’s elite dirt horses have already expressed interest in running in this year’s Stephen Foster on Saturday, June 27:
Sovereignty
Baeza
Magnitude
White Abarrio
Skippylongstocking
🚨 ‼️ Breaking Horse Racing Industry News!!!!!
I’ve spent months asking The Jockey Club and its Stewards for ONE thing… get the real decisionmakers in a room and let’s come up with a REAL action plan to save this sport.
My only motive here is to make racing better, fix the sport and help the sport grow again for everyone.
I want to help every participant in the industry and protect the Horse.
All I have asked for is REAL meeting with people empowered to make change.
Instead, The Jockey Club offered me another one-on-one meeting with Everett Dobson.
I said no.
Then they offered a Zoom call where “maybe” some other Stewards would join.
A Zoom call is supposed to fix what’s broken in Thoroughbred racing???
NO CHANCE.
We need the leaders of this industry sitting face-to-face, committing to transformational change with real solutions and accountability!!!!!
So Wednesday, my lawyers proposed a day-and-a-half IN PERSON meeting June 3-4 in Saratoga Springs during Belmont week.
At a minimum, Chairman Everett Dobson and the lead Stewards Stuart Janney, Vinnie Viola, Bill Farish, Bill Lear, and Terry Finley must all be there.
We should be talking about:
• Aftercare
• The SAFE Act
• HISA
• The collapsing foal crop
• CAWs
• Access to data
• Declining owners, breeders & racetracks
• California & Florida concerns
• Lack of innovation
• Board overlap conflicts
• Transparency around TJC subsidiaries
• Marketing & fan engagement
and EVERYTHING else threatening this sport.
I even offered to buy dinner and let them pick the wine!!!!!
Mr. Dobson says he agrees with me on 90% of the issues.
GREAT.
Then let’s sit down and fix 90% of the problems.
No more excuses!!!!!
The Jockey Club just has to say YES or NO to this meeting.
They have a deadline til the end of the day to accept my meeting invitation.
If the answer is NO, then everybody in racing will CLEARLY know they have no interest or intention about saving this sport.
I am trying!!!!!
How do you think they will respond???
Thank you to jockey @jose93_ortiz & trainer @reredevaux for throwing out today’s ceremonial first pitches!
This past Saturday, Golden Tempo was victorious at the 152nd running of the @KentuckyDerby, becoming the first-ever female-trained horse to win the race 🏇🙌
"Well that's the absolute highlight of my racing career."
Legendary jockey Pat Day joined @JoaquinJaime_ in the paddock prior to the running of the Pat Day Mile at @ChurchillDowns.
Kenny McPeek after Right to Party's vet scratch: “I don’t know how to do this anymore. Under this climate, I don’t know how to do it. I can’t wait to retire. I would quit today and feel okay about it. It’s not any fun anymore.”
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