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70 Year Old Jockey Wins Stakes race At River Downs!
 Richard Rettele was born into the sport of horse racing and he obviously is in no rush to get out of the game. On Tuesday the 70-year-old jockey rode the Quarter Horse Fearles Fred to victory Fred to victory in the $15,000 Queen City Dash at River Downs. The veteran reinsman was more than familiar with Fearles Fred's family. "I rode his mother and his grandmother and won a stakes race on his brother at Mount Pleasant recently."
Rettele grew up in Baileyville, Kansas where his father Joe was a jockey riding on a regular circuit there. "I took out my license in my early 20's and rode on the same circuit," said Rettele after stretching his legs prior to the Queen City Dash. "I started working for the legendary Marion Van Berg, father of Jack Van Berg, and I worked with him for 16 years until he died. I learned a lot about training horses from Marion and I started training thoroughbreds at Detroit and Hazel Park."
"Race horses have been my total living," Rettele stated. "I started riding Quarter Horses before they kept records. Right now we've got about 50 horses, my wife Carol trains the Quarter Horses and I handle the thoroughbreds. I only gallop eight or ten each day - I do have to take it easy somewhat. I like it, nice horses keep you going - if not, that road gets awful long. As long as I'm healthy I plan to continue to ride.
Rettele out rode six other jockeys in the Queen City Dash just missing setting a new track record for the 350 yards by .055 of a second. As long as his horses are running like that, it may be a while yet before he trades his well-worn saddle for a rocking chair.
Join us for Old Friends Day at River Downs
Monday, September 6, 2010
Noon - 5pm
Proceeds to benefit the Appygolucky Memorial Fund
- Silent Auction featuring racing art and memorabilia
- Unique Old Friends items
- The inaugural running of the Old Friends
The Appygolucky Fund was created to honor the memory of the King of the Claimers, Appygolucky, who raced at River Downs and holds the track record for a mile at Beulah Park. Appy passed away 6 months after his retirement to Old Friends at age 12. but his legacy of helping other claiming-level horses lives on in the Appy Fund. In June 2010, Mikethespike, a 10 year old grandson of Black Tie Affair was retired after 126 starts. All proceeds from this event will go toward his continued care and to benefit a future claiming level retiree at Old Friends.
Learn more about Old Friends:
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