If you've watched horse racing at Thistledown or Mahoning Valley, you've probably seen him race.
NORTH RANDALL, Ohio — Before jockey Sonny Leon was weaving his way from the back of the field to stun the horse racing world at Churchill Downs in the Kentucky Derby he was riding the rails at tracks across Ohio like Thistledown. Landing in the winner’s circle last August for his ride in the Kindergarten Stakes. The website Racing and Sports that track horses and jockeys list the track where he's raced close to 90 times as the site of his first victory three years ago this week.
Hook has gotten to know Leon over the last few years. He says while the rest of the world may have been shocked by what he did Saturday, he wasn't. Although Leon lives in Kentucky, the track where he has had his most wins, 299 of them, is at Hollywood Mahoning Valley not far away in Austintown. They too were watching Saturday in awe.
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