Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens announced Thursday afternoon on HRTV that he would be making a return to the saddle and has accepted a mount for trainer Jim Penney Sunday afternoon at Santa Anita. Stevens, who will turn 50 Mar. 6, retired from competitive riding in November 2005 and has since been a fixture on the Television Games Network (TVG), HRTV and serves as the lead analyst on NBC's coverage of the Triple Crown. Stevens, who played George Woolf in the 2003 motion picture 'Seabiscuit, was also featured in the HBO series Luck in 2011. A three-time Kentucky Derby winner (1988, 1995 & 1997), Stevens said he feels he is in good physical form and that he's been exercising horses at Santa Anita for about eight weeks.
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