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Article: NAKATANI DENIES ANY WRONGDOING\Rider's lawyer says owners let horse race despite injury.(Sports)

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January 4, 1996
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Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer

Jockey Corey Nakatani, stung by insinuations he caused a horse's fatal breakdown by whipping him after a race at Santa Anita, said Wednesday he did nothing wrong.

Nakatani's attorney, meanwhile, tried to shift the blame for the death of the 2-year-old colt Tillie's Joy to the horse's owners, saying they let him race despite having been told he had suffered a "significant injury" in a workout.

But that charge was denied by the owners, Charles Ottaviano and Jo-Ann Abatangelo of Granada Hills.

Videotape of the incident, which occurred as horses were galloping to a stop following the sixth race ...

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