Day to go in Quarter Horse match

Pat Day, who ranks third among jockeys in career wins, will ride in a Quarter Horse match race at Sam Houston Race Park on Sept. 10 as part of his national tour benefiting the Racetrack Chaplaincy of America. Day will take on the track's leading Quarter Horse jockey in a 400-yard race.

Day, who has won 8,717 Thoroughbred races, shows a record of one second-place finish from 13 mounts in Quarter Horse races, all in 1973.