Jockey Wins Two Races Within 50 Minutes at Two Different Tracks

[infrontby1]

Has anybody seen this before?

Only time I remember this was when a helicopter would air lift a jockey from the training track at Belmont over to Monmouth back in the old days to ride a major stakes race there; but usually within a couple of hours between races.

Besides, is Calder and Gulfstream Park really that close together?



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[highrider]

The tracks are only 8-9 miles apart.
If Fla racing keeps on their same silly path,this will become common.

[olddaddy]

Google maps says its about a 20 minute drive.

[Clocker]

Google maps says its about a 20 minute drive.

How long does it take on horseback? :p

[olddaddy]

How long does it take on horseback? :p


About a day or so if he rides the ones I play.

[Mystic]

Here's one that beats that.

3 wins, one day, 3 different tracks :)

Australian jockey Brad Stewart.


http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/superracing/three-tracks-three-wins-one-jockey-brad-stewarts-unusual-trifecta-on-the-longest-day/story-fnibcaa0-1226805319089

[Pensacola Pete]

I can remember standardbred horseman Stanley Dancer doing that a few times back in the 80s. He'd have horses at different tracks and take a whirlybird from one to the other.

For thoroughbreds, when Calder had its extreme days, I remember two betting races in the same race: leader at the half and the winner, and the leader at the half also won the race, giving the jockey two winners less than a minute apart.

[Tom]

The only tracks closer together than Calder and Gulfstream are Aqueduct and Aqueduct Inner. At least they don't run at the same time! :rolleyes:

[Milkshaker]

The only tracks closer together than Calder and Gulfstream are Aqueduct and Aqueduct Inner.

Back in the day when I was riding--although they did not run at the same time--Sportsman's/Hawthorne and Charles Town/Shenandoah Downs were adjacent to each other.

Spt/Haw were literally back to back but in different towns.

Crazy demand for racing way back when--two tracks & grandstands right next to each other but governed by different municipalities.

[dirty moose]

AQ and BEL are about 10 miles apart. Traffic is a whole-nother story

[Dark Horse]

About a day or so if he rides the ones I play.

Classic. :D

[Hoofless_Wonder]

Back in the day when I was riding--although they did not run at the same time--Sportsman's/Hawthorne and Charles Town/Shenandoah Downs were adjacent to each other.

Spt/Haw were literally back to back but in different towns.

Crazy demand for racing way back when--two tracks & grandstands right next to each other but governed by different municipalities.

I think back in the late 1980s or early 1990s there was even a few days when Sportsman's Park and Balmoral raced T-breds the same week or day in Chicago, but of course those two tracks were 30 miles apart. Used to love the long stretch at Balmoral, for both the thoroughbreds and the jugheads (harness).