Alberto Delgado

Alberto Delgado, who earned Eclipse Award honors as the champion apprentice jockey in 1982, recorded his first win as a trainer when In Honor of Jeff rallied from last in Sunday's sixth race at Laurel Park, a $12,500 non-winners-of-two claimer for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs. It was the ninth starter saddled by Delgado, who retired from riding to train full time last December. "It feels great. I ran a couple of horses, and they were not running well," said Delgado. "Even though this horse was training well, you...

Champion jockey Alberto Delgado, whose Eclipse Award came in 1982 when he was crowned the Champion Apprentice Jockey, has retired from racing. "It's been coming for a long time," Delgado said. "Over the years, I retired, but never because I wanted to. [It was] because of injuries, concussions. At some point, I was heavy, so I had to retire and get everything straight. Last year, I kept telling myself this would be my last year, and I had to build myself up for it. I still love it, but at...