Mountaineer Jock Fined for Exceeding Six Strikes and ‘Failure to Give Best Effort’ in Same Race

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In what could be the first dual penalization of its kind, the stewards at Mountaineer Park have fined jockey Jose A. Leon for going over the six-strike whipping limit and also for “failure to give best effort” in the same 4 1/2-furlong sprint. Both alleged infractions occurred in an extremely narrow time frame during the

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