for the historians.....

http://articles.latimes.com/1991-12-28/sports/sp-880_1_allen-paulson

If she goes I don't think its a race to handicap by traditional methods.

But it won't stop me from betting on her

sorry for the omission, my bad
http://live.drf.com/nuggets/44299-del-mar-judge-grants-espinoza-a-stay-of-10-day-suspension

Apprentice jockey Assael Espinoza is named to ride five of Sunday's nine races after receiving a stay of a 10-day suspension for careless riding.

Espinoza, 18, was granted the stay by a San Diego county Superior Court judge on Thursday. The suspension was scheduled to begin on Sunday and continue for 10 racing days through Aug. 25.

With the stay, Espinoza can continue riding until a hearing is conducted, many weeks or months from now.

Through Wednesday, Espinoza is fourth in the jockey standings

Don't most of the European jocks have "guaranteed" annual contracts with barns/owners (I recall PVal signing one here in the states that if successful would have changed things quite a bit, I think Allen Paulson was involved?)

Anyways, they pretty much get paid, win....lose.....or don't even run over there would be my guess.

Here, a mount fee is something like $28 or so if you don't collect a part of the purse, my other guess is that many jocks don't really care about losing it, but a few were counting on it for dinner tonight.

Please remember, I'm old with a failing memory, thanks.

PT Mike, while I'm not old enough here to share in the great memories you have, I can certainly understand the sentiment.  Most probably started out in the old CompuServ days and today they use stuff like Instagram that I haven't figured out yet.

Being a west coast guy I was attracted to the now defunct DelMar forum where some lasting friendships were created.
House lady MaryS ran a pretty tight ship.  The entertainment was endless, be it from CrazyKid who knew his stuff from mucking stalls and was a devoted NativeDiver fan to Tonythepony who is now a retired trainer on the NY circuit, to VinceP who had most everybody convinced he was a jockey LOL, to AndyCPA who was a big time statistical gambler, friends with AndyBeyer and an invited member to some National Board of People who could change the industry, to LetitrideMike who sold hearing aids while playing the ponies, to JoelB who acted like a moderator, to Lester the forum nemesis who could bring any conversation to a screeching halt, to Doc who was an amazing quadriplegic who had one index finger that worked and he could type witty responses to any conversation just as fast anybody and most didn't realize he was confined to a wheelchair, he also was a regular at the LV tournaments, miss him RIP.
In addition to the regular Forum format similar to these, DelMar also had a "chatroom" where comments scrolled off the screen every few minutes, lots of frivolity in that format.  But they knew their stuff and I'll never forget 'em, even tho' most I never met in person.

To whom it may concern, enjoy.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1027087012312932352

It's not over til it's over
which means I still have a chance
will make Silky Sullivan look like he's standing still.

And speaking of Mel Stute......Happy Birthday #91 today!

Probably more people concerned with why Exaggerator was bet down to 7/5.
http://www.equibase.com/premium/chartEmb.cfm?track=BEL&raceDate=06/11/2016&cy=USA&rn=11

Quote from: curtis on August 07, 2018, 07:08:15 PM
Why?  I think in the long run, they can protect the bettor.

Not if you make a decent living betting the other Baffert!

Jay Privman
‏@DRFPrivman

Corey Nakatani, involved in accident in final race Saturday at @DelMarRacing, will have back surgery within 2 weeks but will then be off 2 months, then return to action, all per his son and agent.


(maybe he'll lose a few unwanted pounds in the process)

Our very own Mr. Google.

Thanks yet once again!

Bellafina = 94 Beyer steamrolling G2 Sorrento Stakes for 2yo fillies Sun at Del Mar, 6f in 1:10.61. Highest fig of year by U.S.-based 2yo. Simon Callaghan, Flavien Prat, Kaleem Shah.

Not just once, but twice!