Event lends 'poker' hand to support retired racehorses
Jul 29, 2010
Jockey Joe Talamo plays poker.
Courtesy photos
Jan Hawthorne, racehorse owner and CARMA board member, with jockey Mike Smith. Both Smith and Talamo (photo at right) are champion jockeys who are featured in the Animal Planet series 'Jockeys.' Click here to see a video of Hawthorne's former racehorse and his new owner.
From left: Billy Koch of Little Red Feather Thoroughbred Racing; Jim Rome, national sports TV and radio host; and Mark Loretta, retired MLB player and Padres special assistant.
The California Retirement Management Account Foundation (CARMA), which raises funds to care for retired racehorses in California, hosted a Poker in Paradise charity tournament on July 24 at the Del Mar Hilton.
Prizes included a coveted Turf Club Table at Del Mar's Pacific Classic Day, one year of Pro Flowers deliveries, box seats for 4 for an entire season at Santa Anita, Pamplemousse Grille dinner for four, a year's online subscription to Daily Racing Form, an Erica Nordean art print and tickets to the 2010 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs.
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