Micah Husbands

Apprentice Micah Husbands Notches First U.S. Win At Gulfstream

Apprentice jockey Micah Husbands guided The Dove Rules (Bucchero) to victory in Friday's Race 8 feature at Gulfstream Park to earn his first career win in the U.S. A winner of 11 races in Canada, the 21-year-old native of Barbados is the nephew of eight-time Sovereign Award-winning jockey Patrick Husbands. "It's a thrill, a dream come true. I grew up watching races here, watching Joel Rosario, Mike Smith, Johnny Velazquez," said Husbands, who closed from well off the pace to prevail over favored American of Course aboard the Saffie Joseph...

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