I found this...interesting, she is now dating Corey Lanerie. Good! I hope he finds happiness after his wife's illness and eventual passing.
It looks like she may be based in Kentucky if not Ohio. If the latter, she will probably get more mounts depending on connections...'
At the 2018 Fair Grounds meet Sutherland broke her left clavicle and fractured her right knee and tibia. The surgical repair and rehab sidelined her again for three months.
“I was doing great, but I’ve never been hurt as bad as I was then,” she said of the setback. “It took awhile to recover, and then it was pretty tough to get back in.”
Sutherland, who has ridden 90 horses and has seven wins with purses of $272,600 in 2020, rode She’sothewarpath for trainer Steve Margolis in the Tom Benson Memorial on the final day of racing this meet at the Fair Grounds on March 31.
Now at age 44 and still passionate about the game, she has moved her tack to
Churchill Downs and is hoping to catch fire again even though the jockey colony is stacked with the best riders in North America.
“It’s hard because of the COVID-19 protocols. We have to get tested and have our temperature taken to come on the track in the mornings and we have to wear a mask,’’ Sutherland said. “Our agents can’t go on the backside, we can’t go from barn-to-barn and see the trainers.
We have to go back to our cars after we work a horse, and there are so many jockeys here. We had a social distancing birthday party at Robby Albarado’s farm the other night and we all talked about it.
“A few of the guys are really busy, but when it’s 52 jockeys deep and 45 of them are top riders, including 20 of the best in the world, it’s tough to get a mount. I’m a good jockey but there are a lot of good jockeys here. There’s just so many to choose from. I understand.”
Sutherland has been working horses for Margolis, Steve Asmussen, Kenny McPeek and Eddie Kenneally.
“If I were younger I would have gone somewhere else,’’ she said. “But I’m still getting calls to get on really good horses.”
During the first four days that Churchill was reopened this month, Sutherland didn’t have a mount, although she said Margolis has given her the return call of She’sonthewarpath in an upcoming graded stakes on the grass. She thinks that’s just the beginning.
“I know my ability and I know what I know (about race riding). With everything I’ve gone through I know that whoever I ride for, I’m going to do a great job,” she said.
There is plenty more she’s enthusiastic about. She’s in a committed relationship with jockey Corey Lanerie, who lost his wife Shantel to breast cancer two years ago, and they are raising his daughter, Brittlyn, 12, and are in the process of buying a home in Kentucky.
“I’m very grateful that Corey and I get along so well and that we’ve both had a new and fresh start. This whole COVID thing has brought us even closer together.
