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Monmouth Jockey Update: Camacho, Gonzalez Out Four To Six Weeks With Separated Shoulder, Vertebral Fracture

Samy Camacho, Monmouth Park's second-leading rider and the leading jockey at Tampa Bay Downs each of the past three years, said he will be sidelined “four to six weeks” with a right shoulder separation suffered in a spill on July 2 at the Jersey Shore track.

Camacho has 121 wins overall this year, 29 at Monmouth Park.

Also injured in the spill was jockey Jorge Luis Gonzalez, who said he suffered a stable fracture of his L3 vertebrae from the incident that could sideline him four to six weeks as well.

“I'm home resting, taking my time to get better soon,” Camacho said by phone from his home in New Port Richey, Fla. “It's a separation of the anterior joint of my right shoulder. The specialist said it all depends on how quickly I heal but he thinks I will be out four to six weeks.”

Camacho hit the turf in the fourth race when his mount, Bingo's Girl, could not avoid a fallen Momma's Kim and Gonzalez. Momma's Kim went down after clipping heels with Gold Alliance, who drifted out at the three-eighths mark of the five-furlong grass event for 2-year-old fillies.

The 35-year-old Camacho, who hails from Caracas, Venezuela, said he is not frustrated “because I'm with my family and spending time with my wife and (four) kids.”

“The same thing happened to me in 2017, except it was the left shoulder that time. This time it's the right shoulder,” he said.

His future riding plans depend on how quickly he recovers.

“If I can't get back until September I will probably go to Gulfstream and wait for Tampa to start,” said Camacho, who has won four of the past five riding titles at Tampa Bay Downs. “If I can be back sometime in August I will probably come back to Monmouth Park to finish the meet.

“But if it's later than August I will probably just go to Gulfstream. I want to come back as soon as possible but I want to make sure I am 100 percent first.”

Monmouth Park's meet ends on Sept. 10.

Gonzalez, who has five wins from 42 starts at the Monmouth meet, initially did not think he had suffered any injuries in the spill and even rode Bayou Shack to a second-place finish two races later. X-rays taken late last Sunday revealed the fracture.

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NTRA Releases Names of Disqualified NHC Players

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced the disqualification of three unnamed players from the NHC and NHC Tour for a period of two years on Thursday. After hearing input from the horseplayer community and others in the industry, the NTRA revealed on Friday that the players who colluded are Jordan Jayne, James Pauly and Ryan Patrick Scully.

“Protecting the integrity of the NTRA and the NHC tournament is among my highest priorities in this job,” said NTRA President and CEO Tom Rooney. “By not initially releasing the names of the players involved, even though our rules give us broad discretion to do so for all prize winners, I believed I was doing what was best for the NHC. The demand from the public we have received far outweighs my personal beliefs. I highly value the opinion of the horseplayers' community, without whom our sport would not be what it is and whom we work with to protect all NHC sanctioned contests throughout the year.”

These three players controlled five entries in the 2023 NHC. The event paid out to the top 78 entries. The NTRA has officially disqualified the five entries controlled by these individuals and will proceed to move all other entries up in the prize structure. The entries that finished 79-83 who did not make the initial cut will be moved into the prize structure. Additionally, the NTRA will distribute the difference in prize money for all other entries that move up in the prize structure. The NTRA will mail checks to all individuals involved and the official leaderboard has been updated.

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Coronation Runner-Up Remarquee Purchased By Wathnan Racing

Group 3 winner Remarquee (GB) (Kingman {GB}) has been purchased privately by the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. She has been entered in his Wathnan Racing colours for Newmarket's G1 Falmouth S. later this month.

Owned through her first four starts by Julian Richmond-Watson, the 3-year-old daughter of listed winner and dual Group 3-placed Regardez (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}) won her first racecourse appearance at Salisbury at two and the G3 Fred Darling S. at Newbury this spring. Unplaced in the G1 1000 Guineas, the Lawn Stud-bred rebounded to run second in the G1 Coronation S., just a length behind Tahiyra (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) at Royal Ascot.

Earlier Wathnan purchases include G3 Greenham S. winner and G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains second Isaac Shelby (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), as well as Royal Ascot winners Gregory (GB) (Golden Horn {GB})–who won the G2 Queen's Vase–and G1 Gold Cup hero Courage Mon Ami (GB) (Frankel {GB}).

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Champion Wonder Wheel Retired Over ‘Minor Issues,’ To Be Sold At Fasig-Tipton November

Last year's champion juvenile filly Wonder Wheel has officially been retired from racing, the Thoroughbred Daily News reported on Friday. The 3-year-old daughter of Into Mischief will be pointed to the Fasig-Tipton November sale.

Trained by Mark Casse for D. J. Stable, Wonder Wheel captured last year's G1 Alcibiades and G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies to clinch the Eclipse Award. This year, however, the filly has not been able to find the winner's circle in four starts. In her most recent outing on July 1, Wonder Wheel finished eighth in the G3 Selene Stakes at Woodbine.

“Wonder Wheel has been battling a couple of minor issues since her 2-year-old year,” Jon Green, the general manager of D. J. Stable, told the TDN. “She had bone bruising and a minor ankle injury. We gave her some time off and did a little procedure on her ankle to take care of a flake. Unfortunately, because she is a 17-hand beast, she continued to have some bone bruising and the same ankle has been an issue. This week, we decided that because she would need some time before we could run her again that we'd pull the plug on her racing career. She's been so valuable to us as a race horse. She's a champion and a two-time Grade 1 winner. She's too valuable a horse to continue to run her when she's not 100 percent.”

Wonder Wheel retires with a record of four wins and two seconds from nine starts, earning a total of $1,591,857.

The filly was bred by Clearsky Farms and Three Chimneys out of the multiple Grade 1-placed Tiz Wonderful mare Wonder Gal. She commanded $275,000 as a yearling at the Keeneland September sale.

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