The Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission has suspended apprentice jockey Axel Concepcion for 30 calendar days due to his actions in race seven at Delaware Park on Sept. 21, according to a ruling posted on the Association of Racing Commissioners International website.
Concepcion, 18, was aboard Backwoods Boogie for trainer Mary Eppler in the starter optional claiming race. Concepcion and Backwoods Boogie broke from the far outside stall in the field of 11, scheduled for one mile on the turf course.
The stewards found that Concepcion was “extremely careless in failing to control his mount, Backwoods Boogie, leaving the starting gate, impeding several horses, and causing the horse Trumpence to fall, which resulted in a fatal injury to Trumpence.”
The race was immediately suspended and declared no contest, due to the fallen horse.
Concepcion, a native of Puerto Rico, has ridden 169 winners from 840 starters in 2023, and won the leading rider title at the Laurel Park Spring Meet earlier this year.
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