Friday, May 31, 2013
NYRA Kicks-Off Belmont Stakes Festival Week with Annual Jockey Visit to Ronald McDonald House of Long Island
NYRA announced the kick-off to the Belmont Stakes Festival Week with the annual jockey visit to the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island. Jockeys, Javier Castellano, Irad Ortiz, and Jose Ortiz brought joy to the children who enjoyed rides aboard the ponies lead by the jockeys. The jockeys provided them with autographed goggles and NYRA's Sam the Bugler serenaded the crowd.