German champion jockey

Is there room for still another European rider in the Santa Anita jockey colony, which includes Italians Frankie Dettori, Antonio Fresu and Umberto Rispoli? Adrie de Vries thinks there just might be. The 54-year-old Dutch jockey spent last weekend visiting friend Carlos Arias in California and decided to ride a couple of horses at Santa Anita. Though he had just two mounts and finished off the board with both he said riding in California was among the most exciting moments of his career. "It was absolutely a thrill," he said....

Filip Minarik, the former four-time champion jockey in Germany, died on Monday at the age of 48. Born in the Czech Republic, Minarik rode in Germany from 1992 and by the time of his enforced retirement following a race fall in July 2020 had posted 1,669 wins in the country that had become his second home. He was champion jockey in 2005, 2011, 2016 and 2017, and rode 14 Group 1 winners during that time, including four victories in each of the G1 Grosser Preis von Baden and G1 Grosser...