Santa Anita
Van Dyke hoping to return to saddle in May
Shigeki Kikkawa Drayden Van Dyke, 22, has little recollection of the bad spill he took at Santa Anita on Jan 26.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Jockey Drayden Van Dyke is targeting a comeback in May after breaking his arm in a spill Jan. 26, his agent, Brad Pegram, told Santa Anita publicity last weekend.
Van Dyke recently had a full-arm cast replaced with one below the elbow that will be worn until early April, when he will be fitted with a soft brace, Pegram said.
Pegram said Van Dyke hopes to begin therapy in April and resume riding in mid-May.
Van Dyke, the champion apprentice jockey of 2014, had five wins in the first month of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting before he was injured. Van Dyke had a strong finish in 2016, winning three stakes at Del Mar and Los Alamitos in the final five weeks of the year.