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Rosemary Homeister, second on the all-time wins list among female riders in North America, has gone on maternity leave and will be out for an indefinite period, according to her agent, Steve Elzey.
Currently the third-leading rider at the Tampa Bay Downs meet in Oldsmar, Fla., Homeister lives with fellow jockey Irwin Rosendo. Contacted Friday morning, she said she was “just not up to talking right now.”
Homeister, 38, won the 1992 Eclipse Award for top apprentice and has won more than 2,400 races, trailing only Julie Krone (3,704) on the list of female riders. On Jan. 13, she won with five of her six mounts at Tampa, marking the fifth time she won as many as five in a day.
Elzey said Homeister intends to resume riding “at the appropriate time.” She had hoped to ride this spring on the Kentucky circuit, where she enjoyed success last fall when riding there regularly for the first time.
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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.
