The switch
Riding racehorses is a unique profession, that's for sure. You'll see that fact played out with me in the Preakness this weekend. I'm talking about m…
Lookin at Lucky's trip
Yesterday I got the perfect trip in the American Turf. Today I got the opposite in the Kentucky Derby. It wasn't exactly a bad trip, per se, but thin…
The inside post
I spent the morning at the batting cage with my son, Jared, because I only had to ride the sixth race today. I'd just gotten back to the house here in…
Closer than second
I won my first race at Churchill Downs on the first day of the meet Saturday, so hopefully that's a sign of good things to come. It was also nice to h…
Wrong moves
We figured out Saturday that Aikenite isn't a Kentucky Derby horse, as Mr. Campbell told The Daily Racing Form on Monday. The Blue Grass Stakes kind o…
Rebel review
Well, there are two things we learned about Lookin at Lucky today: he can handle the dirt and he can handle traffic trouble. I'm glad to find out the …
Eclipse frenzy
It's hard to believe it's been almost two months since my last blog entry! I went to Japan for their jockey challenge at the beginning of December and…
Remembering Colonel John
ARCADIA, Calif. -- It's always a little bittersweet for a jock to see a horse he's done well with go to stud. You know you'll never ride him again an…
Mixed emotions
ARCADIA, Calif. -- When we saw Mikey and Zenyatta win the Breeders' Cup Classic, coming back through the crowd and the energy and the excitement, it w…
Day 2 at the Breeders' Cup
ARCADIA, CALIF -- When Zenyatta's connections decided to run her in the Classic I kind of perked up a little bit about the Ladies' Classic, because my…