Jockey Antonio “Tony” Vega Passes Away at 52
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Monmouth Park
Jockey Antonio “Tony” Vega, leading rider at Monmouth Park in 1983, passed away yesterday following a brief illness. He was 52.
Vega, who led all local riders in 1983 with a then-Monmouth Park-record 134 wins, finished second in that year’s Eclipse Award voting for leading apprentice. Vega rode in New Jersey as recently as 2012. Out of six Monmouth Park mounts that year, Vega’s best finish was a third-best placing aboard Bojan on Sept. 29.
Vega was a New Jersey native, born on April 21, 1961 in New Brunswick. Final arrangements are pending.
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