Ramon A. Dominguez

Jockeys call for increased disability insurance

2013-05-13 17:43:00

Jerry Bailey can look back on a Hall of Fame jockey career that featured 5,892 victories but also the searing memory of 17 fractures, including a broken back, jaw and collarbone, and several busted ribs. Yet Bailey considers himself lucky. He never...

Silver Max and Summer Front headline nine-horse field in Virginia Derby at Colonial Downs

2012-07-18 16:17:00

RICHMOND — Though more than half of the American graded stakes turf races for 3-year-old thoroughbreds this year have yet to be contested, Silver Max and Summer Front already have established themselves as horses with sizable reputations in...

Desormeaux won't ride Tiger Walk at Preakness

2012-05-18 14:01:00

Kent Desormeaux, who was taken off his mounts Friday at Belmont after failing a Breathalyzer test, will not ride Sagamore Farm’s Tiger Walk in the Preakness. Sagamore manager Tom Mullikin said Ramon Dominguez will get the ride. "We just can't have...

A few pre-race Preakness thoughts, and the current odds

2012-05-19 13:12:00

A few final thoughts as we approach the 6:18 post time for the 137th running of the Preakness: It comes down to this: Either Bodemeister can run the same race he did two weeks ago, or he can’t. If he can, he likely won’t be beat. Kentucky...

Still no winner among Maryland trainers in Preakness

2012-05-19 18:55:00

As jockey Joe Bravo slid off Teeth of the Dog to talk to trainer Michael Matz after Saturday's Preakness, he was smiling. It might have seemed an odd expression for a jockey whose horse had just finished fifth. But Teeth of the Dog was the highest-...

For jockeys, Preakness prep is a mix of study and superstition

2012-05-18 13:36:00

Maryland-based jockey Mario Pino says he once heard that the great race rider Laffit Pincay would wear his underwear inside out. For luck. Ramon Dominguez, Eclipse Award-winning jockey the last two years, likes to have Perrier water and animal crackers...

Animal Kingdom, who fell just short at 2011 Preakness, is headed back to the track

2012-05-24 17:20:00

Graham Motion can't help but hear snippets of news coming from Elmont, N.Y., where I'll Have Another is preparing for a shot at the first Triple Crown in 34 years. "It's great for the sport," the Fair Hill-based trainer said. "But for us, it's tough,...

Ben's Cat wins Mister Diz for third straight year

2012-04-07 19:22:00

Reigning Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Ben's Cat captured his 10th stakes victory Saturday in the $75,000 Mister Diz Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Ben's Cat, with Horacio Karamanos aboard, beat Steady Warrior by a neck in 57.26 seconds, winning the...

Rick Dutrow's horses finish 1-2 at General George Handicap

2012-02-20 16:54:00

Watching Monday's General George Handicap from New York, trainer Rick Dutrow had one word to sum up the results: "Beautiful." "I loved it," Dutrow said by cell phone after his two runners — favorite Yawanna Twist and fourth choice This Ones for...

Awesome Feather, Mucho Macho Man romp in Sunshine Millions

2012-01-28 16:54:33

Preakness: Race-by-race results

2011-05-21 17:54:00

First race Graham Motion's day got off to a good start when he saddled a winner in the first race. Technique, who went off at 7-1 and was ridden by Edgar Prado, won by at least two lengths. Technique paid $14 to win. Second race Katherine Sancuk's...

Mike Ditka presents trophies to Priscilla Vaccarezza, owner of Little Mike, after jockey Ramon A. Dominguez rode Little Mike to a victory in the Arlington Million at Arlington Park.

2012-08-18 00:00:00

Julien Leparoux aboard Atigun (left), Ramon Dominguez aboard My Adonis (second from left), Junior Alvarado aboard Unstoppable U (center) and Mike Smith aboard Paynter (second from right), and John Velazquez aboard Union Rags (right) make the final turn 144th running of Belmont Stakes at Belmont

2012-06-09 00:00:00

Julien Leparoux aboard Atigun (left), Ramon Dominguez aboard My Adonis (second from left), Junior Alvarado aboard Unstoppable U (center) and Mike Smith aboard Paynter (second from right), and John Velazquez aboard Union Rags (right) make the final turn 144th running of Belmont Stakes at Belmont

2012-06-09 00:00:00