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Valenzuela to replace Stevens against Krone
Monday August 18, 2003DEL MAR, Calif. (AP) Jockey Patrick Valenzuela has agreed to replace injured Gary Stevens in a match race against Hall of Fame rider Julie Krone on Sept. 7 at Del Mar.
The race, billed as the ``Battle of the Sexes,'' will pit the jockeys in a two-turn race on equally matched horses, which will be chosen in a blind draw.
Going into Monday's races, Krone and Valenzuela were tied atop the Del Mar jockeys' standings with 23 victories each.
Stevens was thrown from his horse at the finish of the Arlington Million last Saturday and will be out of action about a month.
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