Jockey
Ramon Dominguez
will spend the night under observation at Jamaica Hospital Medical
Center after sustaining a bruised right eye in a Friday spill at
Aqueduct Racetrack.
“He has a bruised eye,
and they are going to observe him overnight,” said Sharon Dominguez,
wife of the two-time Eclipse-winning jockey. “He’s stable and resting.”
Dominguez was unseated
during the running of Friday’s seventh race, when his mount,
Convocation, appeared to clip heels with the eventual winner, Sovereign
Default. Convocation, who stumbled and fell, did not
appear to be seriously injured in the incident and was walked off the
track.
At the conclusion of
Friday’s card, Dominguez was second in the inner track jockey standings
with 31 victories to apprentice Jose Ortiz’s 34 wins. Dominguez led all
riders on the NYRA circuit in 2012 with 322
victories and led the nation in earnings with $25.6 million.