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In the interest of speed and timeliness, this story is fed directly from the Associated Press newswire and may contain spelling or grammatical errors.
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Valenzuela to replace Stevens against Krone
Monday August 18, 2003
DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Jockey Patrick Valenzuela has agreed to
replace injured Gary Stevens in a match race against Hall of Fame
rider Julie Krone on Sept. 7 at Del Mar.
The race, billed as the ``Battle of the Sexes,'' will pit the
jockeys in a two-turn race on equally matched horses, which will be
chosen in a blind draw.
Going into Monday's races, Krone and Valenzuela were tied atop
the Del Mar jockeys' standings with 23 victories each.
Stevens was thrown from his horse at the finish of the Arlington
Million last Saturday and will be out of action about a month.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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