Report: Maldonado will miss 2-3 weeks with separated shoulder

HRN staff
Photo: Richard Steele / Eclipse Sportswire

Jockey Edwin Maldonado was taken off his rides Saturday at Santa Anita, where he was in a training accident, Daily Racing Form reported.

Agent Tony Matos told DRF’s Steve Andersen that Maldonado suffered a separated shoulder and will miss two to three weeks.

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According to Andersen’s posts on the social-media website X, Maldonado was thrown from one of the horses he rode Saturday morning at Santa Anita. He was taken to a hospital close to the track and had his shoulder examined and tested.

Maldonado had been scheduled to ride in four of the nine races carded Saturday at Santa Anita.

Tied for fourth in the current Santa Anita rider standings, Maldonado, 40, has a record of 15: 6-3-0 with $583,580 in earnings since the current meet began Dec. 26. Since he started his riding career in 2002, the native of Puerto Rico has 1,544 wins with $53,702,291 in purse money, according to Equibase.

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