There’s just no stopping him

Jockey Pat Valenzuela, who has dodged more bullets than John Wayne, is back in the saddle. Horses surely run for him, but he has been possessed by a devil that keeps him running away from them. His feats of extraction from impending expulsion are legendary and could use a proper sobriquet.

“Houdini” is OK, but I would suggest “the Artful Dodger.”

PETE PEDERSEN

Arcadia