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Kentucky Derby-winning jockey suspended,
fined $62,000 for striking horse too many times

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Posted By: Hazymac, 5/11/2025 1:01:35 PM

The jockey who rode Sovereignty to victory at the Kentucky Derby last week has been fined over $60,000 for striking the horse with his riding crop too many times during the race, according to the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. Junior Alvarado was found to have struck the horse with his riding crop “more than the permitted amount” during last week’s race, violating the authority’s rules, it said in a statement Saturday. A penalty was imposed against Alvarado on Friday for committing the Class 3 violation and he was hit with a fine equating to 10% of his $310,000 winnings, the statement said. The fine was then doubled “pursuant to an

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In 1973 jockey Ron Turcotte was known not to hit Big Red with his riding crop. That superfluous crop was put away. Triple Crown for the greatest horse of all time, Secretariat.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: MickTurn 5/11/2025 1:27:12 PM (No. 1948384)
No Problem, Junior needs to use his riding crop on those running the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority. Never heard of this stupid rule, sounds like more Leftist DEI Morons making rules!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: snakeoil 5/11/2025 2:00:41 PM (No. 1948395)
Too bad the horse and jockey can't trade places and see how the jockey likes getting whipped.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: ronniethek 5/11/2025 2:08:07 PM (No. 1948396)
The entire nonsense is a sop tonthe PETA folks and the arse wholes at The NY Times who agitate for banning horses racing as ‘cruelty’. Total BS. The rider his the saddle pad more than he hits the horse. The horse is a 1300 lb animal. Not to worry for the horse. It’s a love tap to keep the horses mind focused.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: tootall 5/11/2025 2:23:52 PM (No. 1948398)
They don't hurt the horse. They make a sound to keep him focused. Was the horse that injured Junior earlier in the day when he bucked him off get penalized? Askin for a friend
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Birddog 5/11/2025 2:51:45 PM (No. 1948404)
The horse owners should quietly refund him those amounts as a "Bonus".
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Reply 6 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 5/11/2025 3:15:12 PM (No. 1948407)
The jockey has to keep track of how many times they strike the horse? When was this rule made? Never heard of it before. Never have heard any reporter mentioning this.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: cor-vet 5/11/2025 3:49:47 PM (No. 1948419)
The fact that they have a rule like this proves that we have way to many rules attempting to run our lives and that there are people with way too much time on their hands, thinking up stupid s☆☆t like this!
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Venturer 5/11/2025 4:15:42 PM (No. 1948428)
Some horse will run without the crop and some won't. You learn something every day, Who knew there was a rule on how many time the Jockey could go to the whip.? When you ahead and another horse is gaining damn right you give the horse a whack. Any jockey that wouldn't wont win many races and not many owners would hire him.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: seamusm 5/11/2025 5:26:17 PM (No. 1948456)
OMG! He used his crop EIGHT times - TWO more than the allowable limit! Beat that jockey senseless and see how he likes it. Oh, PULEASE!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 5/11/2025 5:48:51 PM (No. 1948459)
Have you noticed - - that the whip is now called a "crop"? The horsies don't get whipped any more - - they get cropped! Our beautiful language is constantly being bastardized.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: NeonVortex 5/11/2025 7:54:55 PM (No. 1948480)
Another "sport" that needs to go.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Rumblehog 5/11/2025 9:49:33 PM (No. 1948502)
If only this was like Kamala's husband and former nanny, that Jockey would be OK. /s
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Reply 13 - Posted by: CivilServant 5/12/2025 9:35:04 AM (No. 1948669)
#10, it has always been called a crop. One does not whip a horse, one uses one’s crop to create a sound/touch indicator. #2, Einstein’s relativity applies everywhere: reverse the roles and if a 100 lb horse used a crop on a 1400 lb man, he’d not notice it as pain either. Analogous to being ‘whipped’ by your girlfriend’s pony tail.
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