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Agent Says Jockey Mauro Cedillo Is “Going to Be Okay”

It was not hard to expect the worst when apprentice jockey Mauro Cedillo went down in a May 1 spill at Thistledown. It was as frightening a spill as you could ever see and it appeared that he had been trampled by one, if not more horses, after being thrown to the track. He was taken to the intensive care unit at Cleveland's MetroHealth Medical Center and was on a ventilator while heavily sedated.

But less than a week after the spill, the 24-year-old apprentice from Guatemala is in the midst of a remarkable recovery and his agent, Luis Quinones, reports that Cedillo is “going to be ok.”

That was part of a text message that Quinones sent the TDN Monday in which he gave an update on his jockey's status.

“I just want to let you know that Mauro Cedillo was taken off the ventilator (Sunday) and he was breathing on his own,” the text read. “He stood up and was walking good today and he was moving his hands. Everything is going to be ok, according to the doctors. God answered all the prayers.”

Things are going so well that Quinones is hopeful that Cedillo will ride again.

 

“He has no other injuries,” he wrote in a follow-up text. “He got very lucky. He will make a full recovery, the doctors said, and his plan is to ride again. But he will have to be 100%. It will take time but he says he wants to ride again.”

Cedillo was riding Spectacular Road (Road Ruler) in the day's first race when his mount stumbled entering the turn, throwing the rider to the track. At the behest of the jockeys, Thistledown canceled the rest of that day's card.

The 24-year-old Guatemalen native has been riding since 2021 and has 101 career wins, including 23 this year.

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Thistledown Racing Canceled After Jockey Cedillo Injured in First Race

Jockey Mauro Cedillo was seriously injured the first race at Thistledown Racetrack on Monday, and has been taken to the Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, where a media relations specialist confirmed he was being treated in the emergency room, but was unable to provide any further information.

The jockeys at Thistledown Racetrack voted to cancel the remainder of the racing card, according to a member of the Thistledown racing office.

Cedillo was aboard Spectacular Road, the 2-1 second choice and was on the lead a quarter-mile into the race when his horse took a bad step and unseated him at the three-eighths pole.  He was thrown forward, and appeared to be struck by one or more horses who were behind him. The track condition was listed as muddy.

“It was the jockeys' decision to cancel racing,” said the official. “We have no update on the jockey right now. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance.”

The Equibase chart of the race reads, “Spectacular Road made the lead soon after the start, set the pace in the two path, stumbled entering the turn and unseated his rider.”

A spokesperson at the Cleveland Clinic-South Pointe Hospital said Cedillo was initially brought in, but was sent on to the Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland.

Cedillo started his career in 2021, riding 30 races without a win. In 2022 he had 70 winners from 509 starts, and has won 31 races so far this year, riding primarily at Thistledown. He is a native of Guatemela and is a cousin of jockey Abel Cedillo, who rides at Santa Anita.

Herbie Rivera Jr., the representative for the Jockeys' Guild in Ohio, said that Cedillo's agent, Luis Quinones, was at Metro Health Center with him.

Jockey agent Derek Lawson, who tried to persuade Cedillo to come to California to ride last year, described him as “a very nice young man. I tried to get him to come to California with the bug, and that never materialized because the people in Ohio wanted him to stay there. I got to speak to him quite a bit. He's a real good guy.”

Spectacular Road appeared to be uninjured.

This story will be updated.

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