Stewards at Indiana Grand Racecourse have issued a 30-day suspension to jockey Gabriel Saez for his role in a racing accident in the fourth race on June 17. Saez was riding Justtequilatalkin in a 2-year-old maiden race when, a furlong or so into the short sprint, his mount, racing on the lead, drifted in and set off a chain reaction that caused three horses and riders to fall. Stewards conducted a video hearing including film review with Saez on June 18 and issued a ruling later that day. The ruling cited Saez for “extreme carelessness on the racetrack” and suspended Saez 30 days beginning June 22. Saez has employed attorneys, his agent, Liz Morris, said, who have filed an appeal and request to stay the suspension with the Indiana Racing Commission. Morris said that if the commission rejects the stay request, the lawyers will petition a court for a stay of the suspension pending a commission hearing. :: Click to learn about our DRF's Free Past Performance program. “Mr. Saez disagrees with the Indiana stewards ruling and is appealing,” Morris said. Until such time as the racing commission rules on the stay, Morris said, Saez is permitted to accept mounts and has done so for race cards Thursday through Saturday at Churchill Downs, where Saez is scheduled to ride By My Standards, among the favorites in the Grade 2 Stephen Foster Stakes on Saturday. As Saez’s mount June 17 angled toward the rail three horses just behind and to his inside were put in tight quarters. Lichita, ridden by Agustin Gomez, got pinned along the rail, clipped heels and fell, which led to a trailing horse, Pretty Happy, ridden by Albin Jimenez, falling. A few strides later, Five Pics Please clipped heels with a still-drifting Justtequilatalkin, falling and sending jockey Joseph Ramos to the ground. Two horses walked off the track and another walked onto a horse ambulance for further evaluation, while Ramos also walked away from the scary incident and continued riding. Gomez, according to his agent, Rick Jones, broke his tibia, underwent relatively minor surgical repair for the fracture, has been released from the hospital, and is expected to miss six to eight weeks. Gomez also suffered serious injury in a spill last summer at Belterra Park in Ohio. Jimenez broke his eye socket and fractured his back in five locations, agent Jimmy McInerny said. None of the broken bones required surgical repair, Jimenez is fitted with a back brace, and a follow-up appointment in a few weeks will help determine the duration of his injury layoff.