Zia Assistant Starter Barred Six Months For Slapping Filly’s Head

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An assistant starter at Zia Park has been ruled off by the track’s stewards for six months for slapping a filly in the head four times while the animal was locked in the gate prior to a race going off. Ramon Alvarez has not appealed the ban, which went into effect Nov. 2 and runs

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