LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Jockey Julien Leparoux tied Hall of Famer Pat Day’s track record with seven wins at Churchill Downs. The 25-year-old Leparoux won his first seven races Tuesday before coming up just short in his final two mounts. Day set the record by winning seven races in eight mounts on June 20, 1984. Leparoux won with both favorites and long shots on the cold and muddy track. He won the first race of the day on Diva’s Gold and rolled from there. He just missed breaking the record when 3-year-old gelding Sinister finished in second in the final race of the day. Leparoux, of Chantilly, France, was the leading rider at Churchill Downs during the spring and fall meets in 2007 and the spring meet in 2006.
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