Dacita looks to even the score in NY Stakes

Jockey Perry Ouzts earned his 5,000th career victory Tuesday when he rode Kandinsky to a wire-to-wire win in the first race at River Downs. Ouzts, 53, accepted a trophy that commemorated his accomplishment and posed for the traditional jockey photo. Then he went on to win two more races. He is River Downs’ career leading rider, once winning five of six mounts on a single card.

Tricky Causeway held off True Cause by a neck Thursday in the $78,000 Awad Stakes at Belmont Park. Tricky Causeway, ridden by Norberto Arroyo Jr., ran 1 3-8 miles on the turf course in 2:18.29, and paid $12.40, $7 and $3.60. The 4-year-old trained by Jimmy Jerkens has four victories in nine career starts.

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