Salon.com > By Bruce Schreiner http://www.salon.com Sat, 25 May 2013 17:25:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Jockey Robby Albarado fined $500 in assault http://www.salon.com/2012/08/14/jockey_robby_albarado_fined_500_in_assault/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/14/jockey_robby_albarado_fined_500_in_assault/#comments Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:58:57 +0000 http://http://www.dev12.salon.com/2012/08/14/jockey_robby_albarado_fined_500_in_assault/ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Jockey Robby Albarado has been fined $500 for his misdemeanor conviction of assaulting his former girlfriend during a scuffle for a cellphone.

The veteran jockey was not in the Louisville courtroom Tuesday when Judge Ann Bailey Smith imposed the fine recommended by a jury that convicted Albarado of fourth-degree assault last month.

He won't have to pay the fine pending an appeal.

The Preakness-winning jockey's legal problems aren't over, however.

A Nov. 14 hearing was set to decide whether Albarado should be sent to jail for up to a year for violating conditions of his release in a previous assault case.

Albarado has won more than 4,300 races, including the 2007 Preakness aboard Curlin.

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