Injured in a multi-horse spill in late November, one of Canada's top riders has announced his retirement from the saddle.
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Champion jockey has been riding in Britain for almost 40 years and has been on a retirement tour in 2023 throughout the world.
Canadian horse racing lost a popular horseman and friend to many on May 20; Irwin Driedger passes at age 66 after cancer battle.
The 27-year-old top-10 rider in South Africa and champion in Zimbabwe is headed to Ontario to start a new chapter in his career.
The Barbados-born rider has a 24% win rate in his career and over 1,500 winners in western Canada where he has dominated.
Finalists have been announced for the E. P. Taylor Award of Merit, Outstanding Groom award winners, and Media Sovereign awards.
The four Thoroughbred categories are Builder, Jockey, Male Horse and Veteran Person or Horse, to be awarded in the summer of 2023.
Clifton Collins Jr. stars as a veteran jockey facing career and personal crossroads when a rookie rider arrives claiming to be his son.
The winner of over 4,000 races from 1956-1989, Sovereign and Avelino Gomez Memorial Award recipient ‘Hustlin’ Hugo' was 85.
Woodbine is currently managing a Covid-19 positive test result; contact tracing indicates it was contracted outside of the racetrack.
