Nakatani will ride Skyway in Del Mar Futurity
DEL MAR, Calif. – Skyway, the winner of the Grade 2 Best Pal Stakes on Aug. 3, will have a new rider Wednesday for the $300,000 Del Mar Futurity.
On Thursday, trainer Mark Casse said Corey Nakatani will ride Skyway, replacing an injured Stewart Elliott.
Elliott fractured a rib when he was kicked by a horse in the stables in early August. Although Elliott was named on horses this week at Del Mar, he is not ready to resume riding, according to his agent, Nelson Arroyo, who added that Elliott is targeting a late-September comeback at Santa Anita.
“He’ll go see his doctor in three weeks,” Arroyo said. “He’s still not healed. He has a hairline fracture, and his kidney was bruised.”
Nakatani will ride Conquest Eclipse for Casse in Saturday’s $300,000 Del Mar Debutante for 2-year-old fillies.