Mike Straight

Jockey Michael Straight, who was paralyzed as the result of a spill on August 26, 2009, in the eighth race at Arlington Park, filed a lawsuit against the makers of the track’s synthetic Polytrack surface on Thursday.Read More

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Back in the saddle

Michael Straight hovers above his wheelchair, the solid frame of an electric lift wrapped securely around his waist. His twin brother, Matthew, watches as the motor whirs and Michael is inched out over the soft sand of an indoor arena."Last week we moved him on our own and that was brutal," Matt say...Read More

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Injured Jockey Straight Visits Track

The actions he once took for granted are harder now -- navigating between barns on the backside, passing through a turnstile near the grandstand -- but Michael Straight conquers each hurdle as it comes. Never mind that he watches morning works from a wheelchair. Never mind that the rumble of hooves ...Read More

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GOOD NEWS FRIDAY: STUDYING IN THE SADDLE

Over 20 years ago, during a trip to Japan to ride Pay the Butler in the Japan Cup and participate in the World Super Jockeys competition, jockey Chris McCarron was asked to speak at the Japan Racing Association’s jockey school, where teenagers with professional riding aspirations are taught ...Read More

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Jockey with spinal injury moves toes

Injured jockey Michael Straight got his first positive sign on the road to recovery when his toes moved on their own last night. The 24-year-old East Greenbush native sustained four fractured vertebrae in his spine along with other damages in an Aug. 26 racing accident at Chicago's Arlington Park, a...Read More

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BREEDERS’ CUP OR BUST: HORSING AROUND IN OKLAHOMA

Saturday was supposed to be strictly a driving day for the BREEDERS’ CUP OR BUST fundraising drive, but Brad Cummings and I never met a racetrack we didn’t like, so when we saw that Will Rogers Downs was just a couple miles from the Claremore, Okla., exit on I-64, we felt compelled to stop. The fund...Read More

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Good News Friday: One Day at a Time Michael

Every kid should be so lucky to have parents like Sandy and Beth Straight. “They are very inspirational people,” said Nancy LaSala, executive director of the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. The Straights are parents of 23-year-old twin sons, Michael and Matthew, who were living out their dream to...Read More

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BREEDERS’ CUP OR BUST: OUR KIND OF TOWN, CHICAGO IS

When a jockey goes down in a race, there’s no one that shows more concern than a fellow rider, even if it’s been 45 years since that fellow rider has been on a horse’s back. I witnessed that concern Thursday afternoon at Hawthorne, when a horse named Loose ...Read More

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Breeders' Cup or bust

There are a lot of things we can debate as the Nov. 6-7 Breeders' Cup World Championships approach: the wisdom of having racing's big event run in back-to-back years at the same track, Santa Anita Park in Southern California; the merits of synthetic surfaces vs. conventional dirt tracks; whether cha...Read More

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Michael Straight fundraiser set

A fundraiser is set for Arlington jockey Michael Straight on Sunday, October 25 at Philly G's in Vernon Hills, IL. Read More

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Arlington meet closes, debate continues

It is Saturday, 93rd card of the meet at Arlington Park. Five racing dates remain until the end of the 2009 season, and trainers are already moving their horses over to Hawthorne Race Course or down to Keeneland in Kentucky. The runners are tired, horsemen more so. This week can't pass quickly enoug...Read More

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Michael Straight Update

Arlington Park Jockey Matthew Straight, twin brother of apprentice jockey Michael Straight who was injured in a Wednesday incident at Arlington Park , has issued the following statementRead More

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Apprentice Jockey Michael Straight Update

Apprentice jockey Michael Straight, seriously injured in an Aug. 26 spill at Chicago’s Arlington Park, undergwent surgery for four fractured vertebrae at Luther General Hospital in Park Ridge, IllRead More

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Apprentice Jockey Straight Injured

Apprentice jockey Michael Straight was taken to Lutheran General Hospital following an incident in the eighth race Aug. 27 at Arlington Park. Straight, 24, was riding Im No Gentleman in the 1 1/16-mile race when his mount appeared to have clipped heels with another horse in the vicinity of the quart...Read More

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THOROUGHBRED TIMES names Ten to Watch

The editors and writers of THOROUGHBRED TIMES selected individuals from many segments of the industry, from breeders to owners and sales company executives to racetrack officials, for the publication’s “Industry Leaders: Ten to Watch” feature that appears in the June 27 issue.Read More

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Tampa Meet Winners Named

Daniel Centeno, who has also captured the jockey title for three years in a row, was named as top rider for the current season. Centeno had 138 victories this year, just short of his record 144 wins during the 2007-2008 meet, and had nearly $2 million in purses. Centeno will take his tack to Monmout...Read More

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Jockey Mike Straight Notches Win in First Start

3/7/2009 Bloodhorse Apprentice jockey Mike Straight notched the first win from his first career ride March 6 at Tampa Bay Downs in the sixth race aboard Ready Ruler for trainer Michael Thomas and owner Leighton Evans.Read More

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