Desormeaux suspended one day for Stilleto Boy ride
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Jockey Kent Desormeaux has been suspended one day (April 29) by the Oaklawn Park board of stewards for his ride aboard Stilleto Boy in the Grade 2, $1 million Oaklawn Handicap on Saturday.
Desormeaux was cited for “careless riding” in the stretch run of the race. The stewards called an inquiry after the finish of the Oaklawn Handicap, which Proxy won by a head over Last Samurai. It was a nose back in third to Stilleto Boy.
Desormeaux was cited for impeding the rail-running Last Samurai. The incident occurred near the sixteenth pole, according to the stewards.
The ruling reads in part that Desormeaux “allowed his horse to cross into the path of another horse without sufficient clearance.”
Desormeaux has 72 hours to appeal the ruling from the date of its issuing, which was Monday.
There was no change made to the order of finish in the Oaklawn Handicap because Stilleto Boy finished behind Last Samurai, the stewards said.