Mauro Cedillo

It was not hard to expect the worst when apprentice jockey Mauro Cedillo went down in a May 1 spill at Thistledown. It was as frightening a spill as you could ever see and it appeared that he had been trampled by one, if not more horses, after being thrown to the track. He was taken to the intensive care unit at Cleveland's MetroHealth Medical Center and was on a ventilator while heavily sedated. But less than a week after the spill, the 24-year-old apprentice from Guatemala is in the...

Jockey Mauro Cedillo remains in intensive care on a ventilator in Cleveland's Metro Health Medical Center after a spill in the first race at Thistledown Monday, according to his agent, Luis Quinones. Cedillo was thrown from his mount, Spectacular Road, when the horse stumbled entering the turn. The 24-year-old native of Guatemala was trampled by one or more trailing horses. A popular and well-liked rider on the Ohio circuit, Cedillo has had 31 wins from 252 mounts in 2023, after being the leading rider at Mahoning Valley at the fall...

Jockey Mauro Cedillo was seriously injured the first race at Thistledown Racetrack on Monday, and has been taken to the Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, where a media relations specialist confirmed he was being treated in the emergency room, but was unable to provide any further information. The jockeys at Thistledown Racetrack voted to cancel the remainder of the racing card, according to a member of the Thistledown racing office. Cedillo was aboard Spectacular Road, the 2-1 second choice and was on the lead a quarter-mile into the race...