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Manuel "Manny" Franco (born December 19, 1994) [2] is a Puerto Rican professional jockey, best known for winning the 2020 Belmont Stakes riding Tiz the Law. [3] [4]Listed at 5 feet 1 inch (1.55 m) and 112 pounds (51 kg), [2] Franco has been riding professionally since 2013. [1]
Fault, a 4-year-old daughter of Blame, captured the $400,000 Grade 1 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita on March 17, pulling away for a 6-and-a-half length win under jockey Geovanni Franco. The win was on a fast dirt track, and came on the heels of Fault winning the Grade 2 Santa Ana Stakes on turf at Santa Anita just a month earlier.
The 2021 Belmont Stakes was the 153rd running of the Belmont Stakes and the 110th time the event took place at Belmont Park.The 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (2,400 m) race, known as the "test of the champion", is the final leg in the American Triple Crown, open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds.
More than 7,200 horses died in total from racing injuries from 2009 to 2021, according to Jockey Club data cited by the Courier-Journal. Show comments Advertisement
Eurico Rosa da Silva was in a dark place. Da Silva got help in 2006 and rode for more than a decade before retiring. Earlier this year, horse racing was stunned by the suicides less than six weeks ...
Uncle Chuck's jockey went to the whip while Franco on Tiz the Law remained still until they entered the stretch. Franco then released his horse, who quickly opened a lead of several lengths. Tiz the Law geared down for the final sixteenth but still won going away by 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 lengths.
Note though that one horse may win multiple challenge races, while other challenge winners will not be entered in the Breeders' Cup for a variety of reasons such as injury or travel considerations. In the Juvenile Fillies Turf division, runners are limited to 14 and there are up to six automatic berths.
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