News of Parx Racing’s leading jockey Mychel Sanchez betting against himself met the immediate, predictable wave of anger and frustration in the horse-racing community. But ultimately, it’s a wake-up call for the racing-gambling alliance.
While horse racing commissions employ common-sense counter-moves, suspending him for 60 days in Pennsylvania and honoring that move by reciprocity in Maryland, another angle emerges – disbelief.
Beyond the issue that he gambled against himself is a deeper, more disturbing element, which is that he gambled at all.
In one ground-shaking development, a reported TVG account from which he gambled…in December being discovered by authorities, Sanchez betting on himself raised riveting issues.
