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Jockey Patin has been arrested again. (AP Images)

Jockey Joe Patin Jr. was arrested Feb. 29 in Beaux Bridge, La., on charges including possession of crack cocaine; reckless driving; criminal damage to property; trespassing; reckless operation of a vehicle; failure to report an accident; violating the law against open containers; driving without proof of insurance; improper display of license plate; no brake tag; and hit-and-run involving a car.

The 39-year-old Patin has had his troubles with substance abuse in the past. Patin, whose career has been plagued by multiple suspensions related to substance abuse, was awarded a conditional exercise riders license in November 2006 and regained his jockey’s license in April 2007. Gardiner said he was awarded the licenses with the condition that he submits to mandatory drug testing and until his last arrest had abided to the conditions.

He originally lost his license in October 1999 when he failed to submit to a hair analysis at Louisiana Downs. That was his sixth violation of the state commission’s substance abuse regulations.

Patin ranked ninth in the Fair Grounds jockey standings in victories and earnings, with a total earnings of $908,959.

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