Jockey Jose Lezcano, who was unseated from his mount, Autumn, during Race 2 on Saturday at Aqueduct Racetrack, suffered a broken bone in his right hand, according to his agent Jason Beides.
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Jockey Jose Lezcano will be back in the saddle on Thursday at Belmont Park after recovering from shoulder and knee surgery which kept him out of action for nearly three full months.
The 36-year-old Lezcano has not ridden since January 31 at Aqueduct and has been named aboard two horses on Thursday s nine-race card for trainer Brad Cox.
The 2019 Belmont spring/summer meet leading rider will pilot graded-stakes placed Caldee for Shortleaf Stable in a 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claiming race over the Widener turf course in Race 5, as well as Anstu Stables stakes-placed Kinenos, who is entered in a 10-furlong second-level optional claiming tilt over the inner turf in Race 8.