Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead

09/23/2010 1:24PM
Ryan Goldberg


Paco Lopez and his attorney, Richard Schibell, went to the Supreme Court of New Jersey to get a stewards ruling overturned so he could serve a suspension after Monmouth’s summer meet ended. Paco Lopez is something of a throwback jockey. Lopez, 24, grew up in poverty in a small town near Tierra Blanca, Mexico. At 12, he left home to work on a ranch and began riding Quarter Horses in his early teens. He learned his trade on bush tracks and won thousands of races. He has been riding Thoroughbreds for less than four years, but already his accomplishments include an Eclipse Award for leading apprentice and consecutive riding titles at the Meadowlands, Gulfstream, and, most recently, Monmouth.

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