ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Kent Desormeaux, who is scheduled to ride Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes in New York on June 11, is currently undergoing an alcohol rehabilitation program in Utah, according to a statement released by Santa Anita publicity.
Desormeaux, 46, made the announcement Saturday through his agent, J.R. Pegram.
"It was time to take a sober look at my life and take this step," Desormeaux said in the statement.
http://www.drf.com/news/desormeaux-enters-alcohol-rehab-program-will-ride-belmont
Again? this guy can't get his act together
He didn't look that good on tv the last time i'd seen him
Wish him the best of luck!
Quote from: Raven on June 04, 2016, 05:56:56 PM
Again? this guy can't get his act together
He didn't look that good on tv the last time i'd seen him
Wish him the best of luck!
Demons last a lifetime!
Quote from: stark on June 04, 2016, 06:14:42 PM
Demons last a lifetime!
Yes they do - at least he is trying to get over them
He knows his problems better than anyone else
I hope it works
Update from the mainstream news ABC...
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/kent-desormeaux-rehab-ready-belmont-stakes-39669545
A lot of talent lost/in jeopardy--P Val, Kent, Chris Antley, Tyler, GoGo. ..wish Kent the best.
"Preakness weekend I celebrated so hard I don't even remember Sunday night. That's when I decided, 'This is too much.' That was in Baltimore," says Kent Desormeaux. "I made a phone call. I said, 'I gotta stop.' Not slow down. I tried that. I've been trying that for 15 years."
NY Daily News | Exaggerator Jockey Opens Up About Rehab After Preakness Partying (http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/exaggerator-jockey-opens-rehab-preakness-partying-article-1.2667949)
Good for him.
It is a tough step to take. I think we all know family or friends who have been there. And it does not get any easier.