Prodigal Son Returns

Okay, so prodigal son may be a bit over dramatic, but you may remember my blog post lamenting Julien Leparoux's exodus from Kentucky to California. (I worked both a new and old testament reference into that sentence.)

After a six weeks and two wins on sixteen mounts, he's coming back to be a little closer to home. It looks like we can thank this return to the problems plaguing Santa Anita's cushion track.

From The Blood-Horse:
 

“They closed the track right after we got here, so we couldn’t work horses to build business,” [his] agent remarked Jan. 12. “They were having a lot of trouble with the track and canceling races, and Julien and I decided that, since it was slow and we weren’t riding as many horses as we’d like, we’d go to Fair Grounds and reconnect with some of our Kentucky people.”

Leparoux will go to Keeneland's Spring Meet in April, where he has been the leading rider for the past two years.