The sport of horse racing reacted with sorrow to the news that jockey Garrett Gomez has died at the age of 44.
https://twitter.com/DRFLivingston/status/809242342016372744
Gomez, who won 13 Breeders’ Cup races in his career, was discovered Wednesday at a casino hotel near Tucson, Arizona, the Daily Racing Form reported.
Gomez won more than 3,700 races. His most famous triumph was aboard Blame in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic. In that race, Blame handed the legendary Zenyatta her lone defeat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Et15M6wsPo
Reacting from the racing community was swift and sorrowful.
https://twitter.com/GAHorseRacing/status/809367177446965248
https://twitter.com/ronaldt54/status/809362553554014208
https://twitter.com/RichardMigliore/status/809250175952809984
https://twitter.com/ChristinaBlackr/status/809258596957466624
https://twitter.com/TheNYRA/status/809244499121737728
https://twitter.com/3coltshandicap/status/809244113816023040
https://twitter.com/DRFLivingston/status/809243947574919169
https://twitter.com/RajivMaragh/status/809425606605754368
