Santa Anita jockey Garrett Gomez, who led the nation in purse earnings
four of the past five years, will hire a new agent in coming weeks while
aiming to cut down on travel and spend more time with his family in
California.
Gomez confirmed Wednesday that he and agent Ron Anderson will end their
five-year business relationship after Santa Anita Derby weekend, April
9-10. Anderson will relocate to Kentucky; he has taken the book of
jockey Alan Garcia effective with the start of the Keeneland meet on
April 8.
Based on earnings, the Gomez-Anderson relationship was the most
successful in the nation the past five years. Gomez mounts earned more
than $100 million from 2006 through 2010; he led the earnings list from
2006 through 2009.
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