Omar A. Berrio

Jockey Omar Berrio was back in the saddle at Santa Anita on the morning of Jan. 6, one week after suffering a mild stroke following the races. “He worked three horses for me this morning,” said trainer A.C. Avila, a long-time friend of the 42-year-old Panamanian jockey. Read More

Jockey Omar Berrio began the new year resting at Arcadia Methodist Hospital after suffering an apparent stroke following the races two days earlier.“I visited him twice yesterday,” said trainer A.C. Avila Jan. 1. Avila, Berrio’s friend who gives the 42-year-old Panamanian first call on his horses, a...Read More

In only the fourth win dead heat in  Del Mar stakes history, Go Forth North and Warren's Jitterburg reached the finish exactly together in Friday's featured $87,675 Sandy Blue Handicap for three-year-old fillies.   At the end of a thrilling renewal of the one-mile race over the infield gra...Read More