hospitalized since falling in a Jan. 24 race<\/a> at Los Alamitos, will move to the Craig Hospital in Denver, which specializes in care for people with spinal and brain injuries. That update was provided by the Sam Thompson Foundation, a racetrack philanthropic organization named for a jockey who died in a 2008 accident at Los Al. \u201c(Mendez) currently has no feeling in his legs, though doctors are hopeful \u2013 based on recent tests \u2013 that sensation may return over time,\u201d the Thompson Foundation reported on its website. The group is taking donations at samthompsonfoundation.org to \u201cgo toward helping him adapt to his new way of life.\u201d<\/p>\n\u2022 Hall of Fame trainer King Leatherbury, the Maryland-based winner of 6,508 races from 1958 to 2023, died Tuesday at age 92, his family said. Leatherbury made racing his career after graduating from the University of Maryland and became known mostly for his success with claiming-level horses. His win total is fourth all-time in North American behind Steve Asmussen (11,122), Jerry Hollendorfer and the late Jack Van Berg.<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0Del Mar\u2019s July 17-Sept. 7 stakes schedule sweetens the opening-day Oceanside turf mile (purse up to $150,000 from $100,000) and Aug. 22 Green Flash turf sprint (up to $200,000 from $150,000 and Grade II from Grade III), but drops the La Jolla for 3-year-olds on grass. The Oceanside will be open to all 3-year-olds; its conditions had kept out many stakes winners. The Aug. 22 Pacific Classic remains the only $1 million race on California tracks\u2019 regular schedules.<\/p>\n
SANTA ANITA LEADERS<\/p>\n
(Through Sunday)<\/p>\n
Jockeys \/ Wins<\/strong><\/p>\nJuan Hernandez \/ 21<\/p>\n
Kazushi Kimura \/ 19<\/p>\n
Emisael Jaramillo \/ 18<\/p>\n
Umberto Rispoli \/ 15<\/p>\n
Hector Berrios \/ 12<\/p>\n
Armando Ayuso \/ 12<\/p>\n
Edwin Maldonado \/ 11<\/p>\n
Trainers \/ Wins<\/strong><\/p>\nDoug O\u2019Neill \/ 17<\/p>\n
Bob Baffert \/ 14<\/p>\n
George Papaprodromou \/ 12<\/p>\n
Michael McCarthy \/ 12<\/p>\n
Mark Glatt \/ 11<\/p>\n
Jeff Mullins \/ 10<\/p>\n
Phil D\u2019Amato \/ 9<\/p>\n
UPCOMING STAKES<\/p>\n
SANTA ANITA<\/strong><\/p>\nSaturday<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2022 $100,000, Grade III San Marcos Stakes, 4-year-olds and up, 1\u00bc miles on turf<\/p>\n
Sunday<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2022 $100,000 Palos Verdes Stakes, 4 and up, 6 furlongs<\/p>\n
LOS ALAMITOS<\/strong><\/p>\nSaturday<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2022 $200,000, Grade I Los Alamitos Winter Derby, 3-year-old quarter horses, 400 yards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forever Young, the Japanese-bred 5-year-old last seen in competition winning the Breeders\u2019 Cup Classic at Del Mar on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4107],"tags":[34542,80266,288,1071,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-760531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-racing","tag-bob-baffert","tag-breeders-cup","tag-horse-racing","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116060270377804135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}