Subscribe to our newsletter. Toxicology reports from the autopsy were released today and his death has been ruled as an overdose rather than homicide. Four different drugs were found in his system and it is theorized that he became delusional from the combination and various locations around the house to account for the numerous cuts and contusions before dying. His wife, Natalie Jowett, is currently in the hospital giving birth to their child.
More details are available here with more to be posted as they become available.
Jockey Chris Antley was found dead in his Pasadena, CA, home Saturday night December 2nd apparently from a trauma to the head. Ron Anderson, his former agent, speculates that it was a homicide given that there were signs of a struggle inside the house. The incident occurred while his friend was picking up his brother who was arriving from South Carolina. The investigation is continuing and additional details are finally being released. After the tragic Belmont ride Gary Stevens was quoted from the jockeys' room at Hollywood Park saying he last spoke to Antley three weeks ago.