Puglisi will return to ride Sunday

DEL MAR, Calif. – Jockey Iggy Puglisi was expected to be back in action Sunday after being injured in a starting-gate accident Thursday. Following the incident, he went to the hospital for X-rays of an ankle.

“The foot’s not broken, but it’s pretty sore,” agent Bill Sadoo said Friday.

Sadoo said Puglisi would not ride Friday and had no mounts scheduled for Saturday, but he was expected to be ready for Sunday, when he is scheduled to ride West Mid in the second race.

Puglisi was injured when his mount in Thursday’s sixth race, Good Looking, acted up in the starting gate. Good Looking was scratched from the race.

“It could have been a lot worse,” said Sadoo. “We definitely dodged a bullet.”