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Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez, who will ride undefeated Wood Memorial winner Verrazano in the May 4 Kentucky Derby, returned to competition the afternoon of May 2 at Belmont Park, where he finished seventh on his first mount since April 7.

Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez sustained a slight fracture of his first rib on the right side and a small bone chip near his right wrist as the result of a spill in the seventh race at Aqueduct Racetrack April 7, according to his valet, Tony Millan.

Hall of Fame jockey John Velazquez only had to fly from New York to California to ride Wise Dan in the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Pit last year's European-based Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf winner against New York's finest coming off five consecutive victories, and the 2012 Turf might look like a two-horse race between St Nicholas Abbey and Point of Entry.

With fillies Kauai Katie and Beholder opting for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Merit Man became the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint at Santa Anita Park.

Morton Fink's homebred Wise Dan drew post 2 and was installed as the 9-5 favorite Oct. 29 for the $2 milion Breeders' Cup Mile to be run at Santa Anita Park Nov. 2.

Jockey John Velazquez kept Wise Dan on the rail throughout Saturday's Grade 2, $500,000 Fourstardave Handicap at Saratoga.

An emotional John Velazquez received a standing ovation from a standing-room only crowd at Fasig-Tipton's Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., as the jockey led five other inductees into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

Ramon Dominguez, the reigning two-time Eclipse Award winner as outstanding jockey, joined Hall of Famer John Velazquez July 22 as the only riders in the 144-year history of Saratoga Race Course to win six races on a single card.

Jockey John Velazquez won't need surgery for a broken collarbone that he sustained in a riding accident at Churchill Downs on June 16.

Jockey John Velazquez broke his right collarbone and will require surgery, Churchill Downs officials confirmed Saturday, after the 40-year-old rider was injured in a three-horse spill during the ninth race at the Louisville oval.

Jockey John Velazquez was transported to Audubon Hospital after injuring a shoulder Saturday in a spill in the ninth race at Churchill Downs.

Shackleford led from start to finish and the 4-year-old son of Forestry held off a fast-closing Caleb's Posse to win the $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap.

Trainer Michael Matz confirmed May 22 that Union Rags will be ridden by jockey John Velazquez in the June 9 Belmont Stakes.

In Lingerie ran down even-money favorite Mamma Kimbo and held off the late run of Disposablepleasure to capture Friday's Grade 2, $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico.

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