Lanerie to head to New York after Churchill meet

ELMONT, N.Y. – Corey Lanerie, who will finish as the leading rider at this spring’s Churchill Downs meeting, will spend the summer riding in New York. He will be represented by agent Bill Castle.

Lanerie is scheduled to begin riding July 4 at Belmont – a week after the Churchill meet closes – then spend the summer in Saratoga, a meet that begins July 18.

Lanerie has won more than 3,600 races in his career but has ridden sparingly in New York. He has a career record of 1 for 9 at Belmont, with the win coming aboard Posse in the Grade 2 Riva Ridge Stakes in 2003. Last year, he won his first race at Saratoga, guiding Bahnah to a dead-heat victory in the Grade 3 Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga.

Earlier this year, Lanerie was voted the recipient of the George Woolf Memorial Award, annually given by Santa Anita to jockeys who demonstrate high standards of personal and professional conduct on and off the track.