Marvin Rafael Hernandez

Delaware Apprentice Rides 228-1 Shot To Third-Place Finish, Has License Rescinded The Next Day

Marvin Rafael Fernandez, a 35-year-old apprentice jockey at Delaware Park who rode a 228-1 shot to a third-place finish while beaten only half a length last Thursday, had his license rescinded the next day by that track's stewards, who determined that over the course of three probationary races Oct. 15 and 16 in which Fernandez twice finished in the money, his "performance was not satisfactory to the standards required to hold the license." Fernandez, who has five lifetime mounts in 2024-25 and had been riding last week under "temporary" licensure...

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