Maldonado to begin three-day suspension Saturday

Jockey Edwin Maldonado, who through Thursday was tied for seventh in the standings at the current Santa Anita meeting, will begin a three-day suspension on Saturday for causing interference in a sprint on Feb. 27.

The suspension covers racing days on Saturday and Sunday this weekend and March 20.

Maldonado was cited for failing to maintain a straight course in the stretch. aboard Toulouse Detrac, who was disqualified from first to second in a $10,000 claiming race for fillies and mares who had not won three races.

Toulouse Detrac finished first by a nose over Eltonsingsanother.

Maldonado has won 14 races at the current Santa Anita meeting, including the $125,000 California Cup Sprint on Man O Rose. Maldonado’s biggest win of the year to date was aboard Pavlovian in the $500,000 Sunland Derby in New Mexico on Feb. 15. Maldonado is scheduled to ride Pavlovian for trainer Doug O’Neill in the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds on March 21.

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