Jockey Maragh Has Surgery for Broken Arm
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Jockey Rajiv Maragh underwent surgery the morning of Sept. 28 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., to repair a broken right arm suffered when he was unseated during the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (gr. I) at Belmont Park the preceding evening.
"They put in a couple of plates and some screws and he seems to be fine," said Maragh's agent, Tony Micallef. "We don't know yet how long he will be out."
Maragh suffered the injury about halfway through the running of the 1 1/4-mile Gold Cup, when he fell from his mount, Wicked Strong, who had clipped heels with Moreno.
Moreno, who went on to finish fourth behind winner Tonalist, was disqualified and placed last for having angled in on Wicked Strong.
Maragh, 29, is the fourth-leading rider at the Belmont fall meet with 15 victories and purses earned of more than $1.4 million. One race earlier on Saturday's card, the native of Kingston, Jamaica, won the $600,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational (gr. IT) aboard Main Sequence.