Miguel Mena

[Valuist]

Killed in an accident in Louisville. Not yet 35. Saw him ride at Keeneland this past Saturday.

Jockey Miguel Mena Passed Away at Age 34 Following Pedestrian Accident | Churchill Downs

www.churchilldowns.com

 

[John Kelly]

Sad story.

Killed as a pedestrian crossing a highway?

I wonder if he was walking under the influence.

Hmmm...

 

[Valuist]

Sad story.

Killed as a pedestrian crossing a highway?

I wonder if he was walking under the influence.

Hmmm...

I saw on another site Mena had gotten out of a Lyft ride, and tried crossing I-64 in the Ville. I remember being in the paddock when he first started riding at Arlington; must’ve been 2003-2004 and he was talking serious trash to other riders. I was a bit taken aback by this unknown apprentice, but he did prove he could ride with over 2000 wins.

 

[John Kelly]

Blood tests will tell the story.

The Lyft driver should be interviewed.

 

[Wade]

I wonder what railbird thinks about this.

 

[John Kelly]

I wonder what railbird thinks about this.

Odds on the term "camel jockey" will appear in RAILBIRD's review: EVEN MONEY.

 

[blueline]

Kentucky, Police Chief Rick Sanders told The Associated Press that Mena got out of a rideshare vehicle, crossed the eastbound lanes of the highway, climbed over a retaining wall and was struck by a vehicle traveling in the westbound lanes. Mena died at the scene.

The driver was interviewed but not charged, Sanders added. The investigation is pending.

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Odds on the term "camel jockey" will appear in RAILBIRD's review: EVEN MONEY.

For the limit

 

[John Kelly]

Kentucky, Police Chief Rick Sanders told The Associated Press that Mena got out of a rideshare vehicle, crossed the eastbound lanes of the highway, climbed over a retaining wall and was struck by a vehicle traveling in the westbound lanes. Mena died at the scene.

The driver was interviewed but not charged, Sanders added. The investigation is pending.

What a violent death.

Little known fact: Your birth certificate lists your place of birth and your death certificate details your place of death.

In this case, Mena died on Interstate 64.

 

[Rockfish]

Odds on the term "camel jockey" will appear in RAILBIRD's review: EVEN MONEY.

JK. i think you put out a bad line. i will take the No for the limit. Camel Jockey is a racists slur towards someone from the middle east. Mena was from Peru. Say what you want about Railbird, but the man is well schooled on his racists terms.

 

[John Kelly]

Hold up on the "camel jockey" prop.

 

[Rockfish]

Hold up on the "camel jockey" prop.

Ha Ha! you made me remember standing in the Stardust sportsbook in 1985. Hold up game 350 coming over the pa system.

 

[John Kelly]

Ha Ha! you made me remember standing in the Stardust sportsbook in 1985. Hold up game 350 coming over the pa system.

Indeed.

The dramatic announcement of a pointspread change over the muffled PA system and then the actual adjustment.

I remember similar announcements at Caesars, Bally's and the old Las Vegas Hilton.

 

[Rockfish]

Indeed.

The dramatic announcement of a pointspread change over the muffled PA system and then the actual adjustment.

I remember similar announcements at Caesars, Bally's and the old Las Vegas Hilton.

Yes muffled is a great description.
You could pick out the serious sports bettors because all those with a schedule and not a sheet and those with a clipboard would freeze and stop talking to hear which game moved and then write it down.
if you were at the Stardust and it was within the first hour of the openers a few would hurry off to the payphones.

 

[Viejo Dinosaur]

Yes muffled is a great description.
You could pick out the serious sports bettors because all those with a schedule and not a sheet and those with a clipboard would freeze and stop talking to hear which game moved and then write it down.
if you were at the Stardust and it was within the first hour of the openers a few would hurry off to the payphones.

Those bank of pay phones outside the Stardust were a story all to themselves….I witnessed runners push and shove others to get on those phones…

 

[John Kelly]

Those bank of pay phones outside the Stardust were a story all to themselves….I witnessed runners push and shove others to get on those phones…

Former EOG contributor HIGH TIMES once called me an asshole when I beat him to one of those phones.

The year was 1988.

Hahaha.