Tyler Baze will have to appear before stewards after no-show Thursday

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Jockey Tyler Baze will have to meet with Del Mar’s stewards before being permitted to ride after failing to show up for his scheduled mounts Thursday.

Baze did not call the stewards prior to being removed from his mounts. Stewards finally heard from Baze via telephone after race 7 on the eight-race card. A meeting is scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday for Baze to explain his absence.

Baze was “a no-show,” steward Kim Sawyer said after Thursday’s day’s first race, in which Baze was replaced on his scheduled mount by Tiago Pereira.

In the hope or belief that Baze was going to show up delayed, stewards initially only made the change on the race 1 mount. But following that race Baze was removed from his five remaining mounts on the eight-race card.

Baze, 39, has two wins in 67 mounts this summer at Del Mar. He has 2,872 victories during his career, which began more than two decades ago and includes an Eclipse Award as champion apprentice in 2000.

A call to Baze’s agent, Jack Carava, was not returned

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