Dominguez sidelined a month with bruised foot

Dominguez will be seeking his third straight Eclipse Award for leading jockey this year (Harold Roth/Horsephotos.com) Ramon Dominguez, who has effectively sewn up his fourth straight riding title on The New York Racing Association (NYRA) circuit, will miss the next three race weeks after bruising his foot recently at Aqueduct Racetrack, according to his agent, Steve Rushing. “It wasn’t getting better, so he saw a specialist who advised him to take some time off,” Rushing said. “Nothing is broken.” Aqueduct will be dark December 17-25, with Dominguez, the two-time reigning Eclipse Award winner, scheduled to return when racing resumes on December 26.

“He’s going to take a few weeks off, and that will take us through the winter
break,” Rushing said. “He’ll be back the day after Christmas.”

Despite the injury, Dominguez swept three big races on Saturday, winning the
Grade 1 Cigar Mile Handicap with Stay Thirsty, Grade 1 Gazelle with Dance Card
and Grade 2 Remsen with Overanalyze.

Through Sunday, Dominguez has won 309 races on the NYRA circuit in 2012, 138
more than second-place jockey Javier Castellano. This year, Dominguez has
captured meet titles during the Aqueduct inner track, Belmont Park
spring/summer, Saratoga Race Course and Belmont fall meets. He leads Joel
Rosario 32-16 during the current Aqueduct fall meet.

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