Wilmer A. Garcia

Jockey Wilmer Garcia will have neck surgery Wednesday after being injured in a fall Sunday at Prairie Meadows, where he was in a tight race for the ri...

Matalona Thoroughbreds’ Stormy Embrace grabbed an early lead that she would only lengthen through the stretch run of Saturday’s $250,000 Princess Roon...

No one picked all five winners in Monmouth Park’s late Pick 5 on Friday, creating a carryover of $12,622.96 for Saturday’s early Pick 5, which is on r...

Brad Grady’s Phat Man closed with a rush down the center of the track to nail Talk Logistics in the shadow of the wire in the $100,000 Long Branch Sta...

Rush-hour commuters on Linebaugh Avenue have noticed an increase the past few weeks in the number of vans and trailers exiting the stable gate area on...

After a recent victory, Wilmer Garcia stopped long enough on his walk back to the jockeys’ room to pose for pictures with fans, then playfully flexed ...

The topsy-turvy nature of a jockey’s existence came into play recently for four-time Tampa Bay Downs riding champion Ronnie Allen, Jr. During a span o...

Like all Thoroughbreds, Cotillion Festival Day stakes winners Chance of Luck and R Angel Katelyn celebrated birthdays on Jan. 1. On Saturday at Tampa ...

When he fractured his neck in a car accident four years ago, Wilmer Garcia never considered the possibility of not returning to the saddle.“This is wh...

Wilmer Garcia could feel his heart pounding as his 3-year-old filly Triple Chelsea narrowed a seemingly insurmountable deficit with every stride in th...