Rajiv Maragh wins stake race
Published:Monday | October 26, 2009 | 1:05 PM
Jamaican jockey Rajiv Maragh scored a remarkable 26th added money win yesterday when he guided the 2-1 favourite Female Drama to victory in Wing of Jove Stakes, on the final day of Belmont Park’s Fall Championship Meet.
Female Drama won the US$67,500 six-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies by one-and-a-half lengths in 1 minute, 10.36 seconds.
Maragh finished second in the jockeys’ championship with 34 wins as Ramon Dominguez copped the title with 39 wins.
Dominguez, New York’s leading rider, won two races on the card to finish 5 in front of Maragh.
John Velazquez finished third with 32 winners.
Maragh had been leading the Belmont table before making short trips to Keeneland in Kentucky for major riding assignments.