SAN MATEO, Calif. - Apprentice Omar Figueroa, who finished third in the jockey standings at the Bay Meadows spring meeting, will begin to ride full-time in northern California on Thursday.
Figueroa, who had 39 wins, 40 seconds, and 40 thirds from 268 mounts at the Bay Meadows meeting, is listed to ride six horses Thursday at the Bay Meadows Fair, including Benchclearingbrawl, the likely favorite in a five-furlong 2-year-old maiden claiming race.