Latino Jockey Leads Shackelford to Victory By: Valerie Menard
In Saturday’s one-hundred-thirty-sixth running of the Preakness Stakes , the middle jewel of the Triple Crown, jockey Jesus Castañon led Shackelford to victory. In doing so, he beat the Kentucky Derby winner, Animal Kingdom, ridden by John Velasquez.
“Its amazing,” said Castañon, 38. “He was a little hot in the beginning before in the post parade, but he was able to calm down. He’s a good horse and able to handle it. A horse...
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