Sunday, November 27 2011

JOCKEY VERGARA ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY AFTER SPILL

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (November 26, 2011)—Jockey Daniel Vergara escaped serious injury after being involved in a spill in the fourth race Saturday at Hollywood Park.

The Mexican-born Vergara, who has won 77 races in 2011, was unseated when Waltzing With Blue, the 2-1 favorite in the $25,000 claiming race for older horses on turf, went wrong.