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Jockey Michael Baze's first career victory - Hollywood Park - May 3, 2003
Michael Baze, the leading jockey at Arlington Park last summer and a member of the famed Baze riding family, was found dead Tuesday afternoon in his vehicle in the stable area of Churchill Downs.
A memorial tribute honoring Baze, 24, has been scheduled for between races Friday at Churchill Downs. The brief service is scheduled for after the fourth race at about 4:30 p.m. Eastern. Baze hailed from the Seattle area, where a memorial service is tentatively planned for May 24 at Emerald Downs.
Michael Baze biography and career highlights
Born: April 14, 1987 in Renton, Wash.
Meet titles: Hollywood Park, 2007; Del Mar, 2007; Arlington Park, 2010
Career record: 6,969 mounts, 918 wins, 918 seconds, 817 thirds; purse earnings of 32,462,572
Highlights: 20 graded stakes wins topped by Grade 1 Darley Debutante in 2009 aboard Mi Sueno
Stakes replays
Baze wins his first Grade 1 stakes in the 2009 Darley Debutante.
Baze wins the Grade 3 Sixty Sails at Hawthorne in April 2010.
Baze rides Nehro to a second-place finish in the 2011 Louisiana Derby.
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UNCLE HARRY caught the eye with a solid late run in his local debut last time, just missing despite racing well back early in a race which featured a gate-to-wire winner; he was 2nd two back in his first try on the grass after setting the early pace, and the fact that he's versatile enough to lead or rate gives him added appeal in the finale. EDGE OF GLORY comes out of the same race as the top pick and he was in fact a half-length in front of that rival on the wire, gradually closing on the winner through the lane; certainly deserves a long look off that running line.
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