![]() "He was just tremendous, a nice guy, always a professional." Lake knew Flores since 1991. "It's unbelievable, just sickening," Scott Lake, Parx's all-time leading trainer, said to The Philadelphia Inquirer. Flores' horse, Love Rules, had to be euthanized after the fall. However, the extent of the search and the key detail that the longtime trainer at Parx was. The raid got an 80-second cursory mention at the last racing commission meeting on May 25. She was released the day after being admitted to a hospital and getting an MRI. The commission’s staff raided the backstretch at Parx racecourse in Bensalem, Bucks County, at the end of May. Two other riders went down in the accident, but Ruben Silvera and Carol Sedano (along with their horses) came out relatively unscathed, with Silvera walking walking back to the jockey room and Sedano suffering some minor neck soreness. He was inducted into the Parx Hall of Fame five years ago, and was the top career earner at Parx. He won 4,650 of those races, making over $64 million in earnings, according to Equibase. We offer our deepest condolences and prayers to his family - Parx Racing March 22, 2018įlores had 28,684 starts over the course of his career, which went for over 30 years. He embodied all that is good in the world of horse racing, and will be missed immensely. The entire Parx Racing team is deeply saddened by the loss of Parx Hall of Fame Jockey, Jose Flores.
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