Former jockey Stortz earns first training win

Former jockey Marcia Stortz earned her first victory as a trainer Sunday at Golden Gate Fields when Blazing Mojave held off the late charge of All Magic to with a six-furlong, $12,500 maiden claimer by a head.

Stortz’s jockey career was cut short in 2013 due to knee problems, but she still gallops horses.

Blazing Mojave was only her second starter and paid $10.40. Anne Sanguinetti was the winning rider. The 5-year-old gelding was dropping from a $25,000 maiden claimer to $12,500.

“We were taking a big drop, and I liked Anne on him,” said Stortz. “He’s kind of a sensitive horse, and she’s got nice hands and is a smart rider.”

Stortz’s first runner, Butterfly Soul, ran sixth in a $62,000 optional-claiming race Friday.