The COVID Triple Crown, continued...
is not a risk I want to take unless needed,” he said. At the time of this interview, Motion was based at Saratoga in New York and added, “I also don’t want to put my staff or myself at risk of [getting] COV- ID by traveling a lot right now.”
The Jockey Shuffle In order to prevent the spread
of COVID-19, MJC, along with many tracks in the U.S., have put a ban on jockey travel. In essence, jockeys must choose which track they want to be based at and cannot switch tracks until they self-quarantine for 14 days or provide a negative COVID-19 test result. Tese restrictions have greatly
“staying local” and that her main jockey had chosen to stay in Maryland as well. “It is giving our local guys more [ride] opportunities, which has been great,” she added. Shoenthal added that the
greatly affected the dynamics of races in terms of who gets to ride who as many trainers have to pick jockeys from the tracks they are running out of instead of those they normally hire. “You are really see- ing this change the smaller tracks and affects who you can use,” Motion said. Voss stated that she only has a few horses running at the time of this interview and was
“In a lot of ways we are much better protected [against COVID-19] than a lot of other industries out there right now.” - Forest Boyce
jockeys he typically uses to ex- ercise his horses in Maryland normally go to Charles Town and Delaware to race in the afternoons and evenings, but that has all changed this year. “I have a horse pointed at the Charlestown Oaks and we must use Charlestown jockeys. Tey have made the right de- cision and it’s a huge opportu- nity for those guys,” he stated. He also wonders if the jockey
rule will change for the Preak- ness. “If Tiz the Law wins the Derby, he’s coming to Mary- land so who then gets to ride him?” he asked. “My personal opinion is we need to keep to
Maryland jockeys and keep us all safe.” Tiz the Law won the Belmont this year and is currently pointed at the Kentucky Derby. He has yet to be defeated in 2020. Maryland native and jockey Forest Boyce de-
cided to move to Colonial Downs once racing started back up. “At the time, Maryland was only racing two days a week and a lot of my business was shipping here,” she said. During a normal summer, Boyce would be riding at Maryland, Delaware and Virginia tracks. She added that being confined to one track makes it hard to follow her good horses around which, “is quite frustrating but [I] know everyone is in the same boat.” Overall, Boyce reported that she is very im-
pressed with everything the different tracks are doing to keep people safe from COVID-19. “Tey take our temps at various check points throughout the day and monitor everyone closely,” she said. “In a lot of ways we are much better protected than a lot of other industries out there right now.” Unfortunately, even with the best procedures
in place, COVID-19 struck again as shortly after this interview was done, Colonial Downs was shut down when a jockey tested positive for COVID-19.
An Uncertain Future
Like many other industries across the country, the future during COVID-19 is very uncertain. Until a working vaccine is developed and bet- continued...
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