Tag: protective goggles

Goggles for Docs

June 12, 2020.Reading time 2 minutes.
Goggles for Docs

Several jockeys at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., have collaborated with the organization Goggles for Docs to donate goggles to healthcare workers for protection as they treat COVID-19 patients around the country. Goggles for Docs has collected more than 45,000 pairs of goggles. The organization prefers, in some instances, jockey goggles because they are small, […]

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Here’s Mud in your Eye

May 6, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.
Whitmore ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr.

After every muddy Kentucky Derby, one of my old posts, On a Sloppy Track, Jockeys wear up to 9 pairs of Goggles, always gets a lot of views. Obviously, on a track as muddy as yesterday’s, it’s a real challenge for jockeys to guide their horses to a good trip. I can completely understand why […]

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