Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has been arrested on charges of Domestic Abuse Battery/Strangulation in Louisiana, according to a post on the Breaux Bridge Police Department's Facebook page.
The 51-year-old was arrested, booked, and transported to the St. Martin Parish Jail on those charges. He was booked on Friday, Jan. 28 at 11:19 AM central time, and released later the same day, according to a jail representative.
Desormeaux, who last rode at Santa Anita on Jan. 23, was booked to ride Stilleto Boy for trainer Ed Moger, Jr. in Saturday's Grade 1, $3 million Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park.
The Daily Racing Form's Mike Welsch reported that Jose Ortiz would replace Desormeaux on the mount.
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