Castellano almost ready to head down to Gulfstream
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OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Javier Castellano, who entered this week as the leading rider in wins at the Aqueduct fall meet, will ride one more week here before heading to Gulfstream Park for the winter.
Castellano is in Venezuela this weekend for the Clasico de Caribe at La Rinconada. He is joining several U.S-based riders there, including Irad Ortiz Jr., Jose Ortiz, Paco Lopez, and Emisael Jaramillo.
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Castellano entered the week with 20 wins at Aqueduct, though he has since been passed by Kendrick Carmouche, who won twice on Thursday as well as Friday’s opener to give him 22 wins.
The Aqueduct fall meet goes through Dec. 31.
* Jockey Katie Davis is now being represented by Joe Migliore. Migliore is the agent for Trevor McCarthy, Davis’s husband, who is sidelined until early February with a broken collarbone and pelvic injury.
Migliore is also the agent for 10-pound apprentice Madison Olver. Olver won her first race when she guided Curbstone ($27.20) to victory in Friday's sixth race, a $40,000 claimer. That was her 16th career mount.
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