MARCH 1, 2012 • VOL.6 NO.11
El Padrino noses out Mark Valeski in Risen Star February 25, 2012 • Fair Grounds, New Orleans, LA By Graham Ross
mutual bumping and a jockey’s objection t looks like a Louisiana Derby rematch involved – the Risen Star result was allowed to stand, and post-race comments on April 1 could be in order for Let’s by trainer Todd Pletcher of the winner and Go Stable’s El Padrino and Brereton Jones’s Mark Valeski, who finished first and Larry Jones of the runner-up indicate both second a nose apart in Saturday’s Grade 2 could be back for a second “Battle of New Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds. Orleans” five weeks and one day after the Following a furious stretch duel – with Risen Star.
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As for the jockeys involved in the objection – Rosie Napravnik, who lodged it as the pilot of Mark Valeski, and Javier Continued on pg. 5
El Padrino,left, Javier Castellano up; and Mark Valeski, Rosie Napravnik up Photo by Hodges Photography