With the totals in for June 3 Jockeys and Jeans event at Parx Racing, proceeds from it and an earlier Stallion Season Sale total a record $252,000, it was announced Monday. This tops the previous record of $235,000 raised by the group for the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund (PDJF) in 2016. Since its inception in 2014, the all volunteer group, founded by five former jockeys, has raised over $715,000. Some 300 visitors were on hand to mingle with 14 Hall of Fame Jockeys while honoring six catastrophically injured riders.
“All of this is simply a testimony to the concern and generosity of the racing community and those who love this sport,” said Jockeys and Jeans President, Barry Pearl. “Donors, volunteers, Hall of Fame riders and fans joined hands to honor and support those men and women whose catastrophic injuries may have disabled their bodies, but has not diminished their spirits. [We] are truly humbled by the response.”
Hall of Famers attending were Braulio Baeza, Bill Boland, Pat Day, Ramon Dominquez, Earlie Fires, Sandy Hawley, Julie Krone, Chris McCarron, Don Pierce, Laffit Pincay, Jr., John Rotz, Bobby Ussery, Jorge Velasquez, and Manuel Ycaza. Honorees included Vincent Amico, Sam Boulmetis, Jr., Tony Dlugoposki, Linda Hughes, Jayme LaRocca, and Sidney Underwood.
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