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JOCKEYS

Leading Breeders’ Cup JoCkeys By Money Won (thru 2009)

Pat Day 117 12 17 11 9 11 11 $23,033,360.00

Jerry D. Bailey 102 15 12 14 6 8 6 22,006,440.00

Chris J. McCarron 101 9 12 7 7 7 13 17,669,600.00

Mike E. Smith 67 13 6 5 5 7 4 16,344,760.00

Lanfranco Dettori 62 9 3 7 8 9 3 16,112,172.00

Gary L. Stevens 99 8 15 11 7 9 10 13,723,910.00

Garrett K. Gomez 54 9 9 5 4 6 3 13,708,600.00

John R. Velazquez 87 7 9 11 6 7 5 13,064,930.00

Corey S. Nakatani 65 7 8 9 6 5 3 9,965,480.00

Jose A. Santos 65 7 2 4 6 9 5 8,008,800.00

Eddie J. Delahoussaye 68 7 3 6 9 8 6 7,775,000.00

Alex O. Solis 66 3 8 5 9 9 8 7,663,960.00

Edgar S. Prado 65 3 9 8 4 8 5 7,649,180.00

Kent J. Desormeaux 76 3 5 7 14 3 8 6,881,575.00

Laffit A. Pincay, Jr. 61 7 4 9 5 3 6 6,811,000.00

Patrick A. Valenzuela 53 7 0 4 9 9 4 6,559,930.00

Angel Cordero, Jr. 48 4 7 7 1 6 8 6,020,000.00

Julien R. Leparoux 23 5 1 2 1 2 2 5,176,460.00

Michael J. Kinane 31 3 3 4 1 3 6 4,948,520.00

Cornelio H. Velasquez 21 4 1 0 0 3 0 4,693,100.00

Ramon A. Dominguez 24 1 4 4 2 4 2 4,389,350.00

Robby Albarado 21 2 1 1 2 2 2 4,280,050.00

Shane J. Sellers 29 2 3 4 3 1 0 3,960,600.00

David Romero Flores 32 3 3 3 1 2 1 3,946,800.00

John Patrick Murtagh 26 3 4 0 4 4 0 3,843,420.00

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Pat Day 117 12 17 11 9 11 11 $23,033,360

Jerry D. Bailey 102 15 12 14 6 8 6 22,006,440

Mike E. Smith 80 15 7 5 5 12 4 20,979,760

Garrett K. Gomez 73 12 10 7 7 8 4 18,487,600

Lanfranco Dettori 72 10 4 8 8 9 5 18,191,172

Chris J. McCarron 101 9 12 7 7 7 13 17,669,600

John R. Velazquez 110 11 12 14 7 7 6 17,309,930

Gary L. Stevens 99 8 15 11 7 9 10 13,723,910

Corey S. Nakatani 73 9 8 10 6 5 4 11,733,980

Edgar S. Prado 70 4 9 8 4 8 5 8,729,180

Kent J. Desormeaux 82 4 5 7 16 4 8 8,351,575

Jose A. Santos 65 7 2 4 6 9 5 8,008,800

Alex O. Solis 72 3 8 5 9 10 9 7,813,960

Eddie J. Delahoussaye 68 7 3 6 9 8 6 7,775,000

Ramon A. Dominguez 41 2 8 4 5 5 2 7,449,350

Laffit A. Pincay, Jr. 61 7 4 9 5 3 6 6,811,000

Julien R. Leparoux 45 5 3 5 4 5 4 6,778,460

Patrick A. Valenzuela 58 7 0 4 9 9 5 6,559,930

Angel Cordero, Jr. 48 4 7 7 1 6 8 6,020,000

Robby Albarado 33 3 2 1 2 6 2 5,735,050

Cornelio H. Velasquez 27 5 1 0 1 3 1 5,143,100

Michael J. Kinane 31 3 3 4 1 3 6 4,948,520

Olivier Peslier 23 4 1 2 0 1 0 4,901,000

Ryan L. Moore 18 3 1 1 4 1 2 4,881,630

Javier Castellano 39 1 5 2 3 2 5 4,670,875

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Pat Day 117 12 17 11 9 11 11 $23,033,360.00

Jerry D. Bailey 102 15 12 14 6 8 6 22,006,440.00

Chris J. McCarron 101 9 12 7 7 7 13 17,669,600.00

Mike E. Smith 67 13 6 5 5 7 4 16,344,760.00

Lanfranco Dettori 62 9 3 7 8 9 3 16,112,172.00

Gary L. Stevens 99 8 15 11 7 9 10 13,723,910.00

Garrett K. Gomez 54 9 9 5 4 6 3 13,708,600.00

John R. Velazquez 87 7 9 11 6 7 5 13,064,930.00

Corey S. Nakatani 65 7 8 9 6 5 3 9,965,480.00

Jose A. Santos 65 7 2 4 6 9 5 8,008,800.00

Eddie J. Delahoussaye 68 7 3 6 9 8 6 7,775,000.00

Alex O. Solis 66 3 8 5 9 9 8 7,663,960.00

Edgar S. Prado 65 3 9 8 4 8 5 7,649,180.00

Kent J. Desormeaux 76 3 5 7 14 3 8 6,881,575.00

Laffit A. Pincay, Jr. 61 7 4 9 5 3 6 6,811,000.00

Patrick A. Valenzuela 53 7 0 4 9 9 4 6,559,930.00

Angel Cordero, Jr. 48 4 7 7 1 6 8 6,020,000.00

Julien R. Leparoux 23 5 1 2 1 2 2 5,176,460.00

Michael J. Kinane 31 3 3 4 1 3 6 4,948,520.00

Cornelio H. Velasquez 21 4 1 0 0 3 0 4,693,100.00

Ramon A. Dominguez 24 1 4 4 2 4 2 4,389,350.00

Robby Albarado 21 2 1 1 2 2 2 4,280,050.00

Shane J. Sellers 29 2 3 4 3 1 0 3,960,600.00

David Romero Flores 32 3 3 3 1 2 1 3,946,800.00

John Patrick Murtagh 26 3 4 0 4 4 0 3,843,420.00

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ROBBY ALBARADO

Born: Sept. 11, 1973, Lafayette, La. ... Residence: Middletown,Kentucky and New Orleans, La. ... Height: 5’6” ... Weight: 110 ...Family: sons Kaden and Kash; daughter Larkin. ... Web site:http://www.robbyalbaradofoundation.org/

Breeders’ Cup RecordMounts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings33 3 2 1 $5,735,050

1998 Mile Joyeyx Danseur 7th2001 Turf Quiet Resolve 10th2002 Classic Perfect Drift 12th

Juvenile Fillies Westerly Breeze 6th2004 Ladies' Classic Stellar Jayne 3rd

Sprint Cuvee 13th2005 Filly & Mare Turf Karen’s Caper 9th

Sprint Elusive Jazz 5th2006 Filly & Mare Turf My Typhoon (Ire) 6th

Juvenile Teuflesburg 10th2007 Classic Curlin 1st

Juvenile Wicked Style 10thJuvenile Fillies Zee Zee 8thJuvenile Turf Cherokee Triangle 11th

2008 Classic Curlin 4thJuvenile Pioneerof the Nile 5th

Juvenile Fillies C. S. Silk 7thMile Thorn Song 9th

2009 Juvenile Fillies Beautician 2ndJuvenile Fillies Turf Tapitsfly 1stMile Court Vision 4th

2010 Classic First Dude 8thFilly & Mare Sprint Secret Gypsy 11thJuvenile Fillies Soundwave 11thLadies' Classic Acoma 5thMarathon Atoned 9thMile Court Vision 5thTurf Sprint Central City 2nd

2011 Juvenile Optimizer 8thJuvenile Turf Animal Spirits 5thMile Court Vision 1stSprint Hamazing Destiny 5thTurf Sprint Havelock 14th

Quick facts about Robby Albarado:

Won his third Breeders’ Cup race in 2011 when Court Vision capturedthe Mile at Churchill Downs. His other 2011 mounts – Animal Spirits(Juvenile Turf), Hamazing Destiny (Sprint), Havelock (Turf Sprint) andOptimizer (Juvenile) all finished out of the money.

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Earned his second Breeders’ Cup victory in 2009 when he guidedTapitsfly to victory in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf ... The wincame two years after his first Breeders’ Cup triumph in the 2007Classic aboard Curlin ... His best finish in 2010 from seven mountswas a second in the Turf Sprint aboard Central City.

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Best horses in 2012 have been Silver Max, winner of the VirginiaDerby (G2), Transylvania (G3) and $125,000 Arlington Classic; Volcat,winner of the Virginia Oaks (G3); Endorsement, winner of the TexasMile (G3); Summer Applause, winner of the Rachel Alexandra (G3)and Mr. Bowling, winner of the LeComte (G3).

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Has won more than 4,400 races in a career marred by injuries thathave forced him to miss considerable time away from the races ... Themost recent occurred on Jan. 2, 2011 when he was thrown from a fillyand broke his right heel, which forced him to miss the majority of theFair Grounds meet ... Other major injuries include a fractured pelvis,wrist, and ribs, and a partially collapsed lung suffered in a spill during arace at Keeneland Race Course on Oct. 13, 2000 … Overcame twoskull fractures in a 17-month period during 1998 and ’99, one of whichrequired the replacement of a damaged portion of his skull withtitanium mesh and polymer.

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Was forced off his Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby mounts in2012 when he was arrested in a domestic battery dispute with histhen-girlfriend ... As part of a previous agreement with the KentuckyRacing Commission, his license to ride was suspended.. Went to courtand received a stay of that suspension pending outcome of the courtcase for the domestic battery charge ... He was later found guilty of the

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charge and was ordered to pay a $500 fine ... Parted ways withlongtime agent Lenny Pike and came to Chicago to ride at ArlingtonPark, where his book was handled by Jay Fedor ... Following theArlington meet, he hooked up with agent Dennis Cooper and is backriding in Kentucky.

An injury also forced him to miss the 2011 Kentucky Derby ... Wasnamed to ride eventual winner Animal Kingdom, but was thrown from ahorse on May 4 and kicked, resulting in a broken nose and a lacerationabove his eye ... Owner Team Valor International made the decision toreplace him with John Velazquez, who became available when UncleMo scratched ... Both Team Valor and Velazquez shared theirwinnings with Albarado.

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Scored 4,000th win on May 30, 2009, in the ninth race at ChurchillDowns on Keertana, then followed up that score with a victory onerace later in the $100,000-added Aristides aboard Bold Start.

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Was the regular rider of two-time Horse of the Year Curlin through the2007 and 2008 seasons that included the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classicand the jockey’s first Triple Crown victory in the ’07 Preakness Stakes.In 2008, the duo captured the $6 million Dubai World Cup, the G1Stephen Foster Handicap, the G1 Woodward Stakes, and the G1Jockey Club Gold Cup before closing out the season and Curlin’scareer with a fourth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. With hisJockey Club triumph, the Smart Strike colt became the first runner inAmerican racing history to surpass $10 million in earnings.

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Led all riders at Churchill Downs’ spring meet in 2008, taking home the•

riding title with a clear 73-win lead over runner-up Miguel Mena’s 65wins. Also became only the seventh rider in the Louisville oval’s historyto ride 700 winners when he visited the winner’s circle aboard Shive’sSuccess on May 22, 2008.

Created the Robby Albarado Foundation in 2007, a non-profitorganization established to assist homeless, socially-economicallydisadvantaged, and less fortunate individuals in the Louisville, Ky.area.

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Presented with the 2004 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, thehighest honor awarded by his peers.

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Regular rider of 2003 Horse of the Year Mineshaft on whom he wonhis first $1-million race in The Jockey Club Gold Cup that year.

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In addition to the Churchill riding titles, has been leading rider atArlington Park, Fair Grounds, Keeneland, and Oaklawn Park.

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Rode mostly in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Chicago before moving to•

the Kentucky circuit in the spring of 1996. Now rides betweenKentucky and New York in the spring/summer, and in Louisiana in thewinter.

Recorded his first stakes victory on Tuck’s Honey Bear in the 1993Grady Madden Memorial … First graded stakes victory came aboardSnake Eyes in the 1995 Stars and Stripes at Arlington Park ... Wonfirst Grade 1 race on Joyeux Danseur in the 1998 Early Times TurfClassic at Churchill Downs.

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Like many jockeys from the Lafayette, Louisiana region, Albarado wasriding races at “bush” tracks – non-sanctioned bush-league trackswithout legal wagering – years before obtaining his jockey’s license atage 16 … At less than 10 years old, Albarado learned the basics ofhorsemanship from his neighbors who trained Thoroughbreds andshortly thereafter starting riding at the farm and later in the local races… Scored his first official career victory in 1990 at Evangeline Downson One Little Point.

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RAFAEL BEJARANO

Born: June 23, 1982, Arequipa, Peru ... Residence: Despite ridingprimarily in Southern, Calf., maintains a residence in Louisville, Ky. ...Height: 5’2” ... Weight: 105 ... Family: Single ... He is the only memberof his family involved in racing.


2004 Classic Sun King 10thFilly & Mare Turf Shaconage 6thJuvenile C P West 6thJuvenile Consolidator 4thJuvenile Fillies Runway Model 3rdLadies' Classic Baghdaria 7thSprint Champali 7th

2005 Classic Sun King 9thFilly & Mare Turf Intercontinental (GB) 1stJuvenile Set Alight 13thLadies' Classic Island Fashion 10thMile Host (Chi) 7thTurf Rush Bay 4thTurf Silverfoot 6th

2006 Sprint Kelly’s Landing 10th2007 Filly & Mare Turf Precious Kitten 8th

Juvenile Old Man Buck 6thLadies' Classic Ginger Punch 1st

2008 Classic Smooth Air 7thDirt Mile Slew’s Tiznow 10thFilly & Mare Sprint Zaftig 3rdJuvenile Square Eddie 2ndJuvenile Fillies Black Magic Mama 8thJuvenile Fillies Turf Emmy Darling 5thJuvenile Turf Grand Adventure 10thLadies' Classic Ginger Punch 6thMarathon Big Booster 3rdMile Precious Kitten 4th

2009 Juvenile Fillies Turf Elusive Galaxy (Ire) 11thJuvenile Turf King Ledley 10thMarathon Eldaafer 7thMile Femeley (Ire) 7thSprint Crown of Thorns 2ndTurf Monzante 6thTurf Sprint Get Funky 9th

2010 Filly & Mare Sprint Rinterval (Ire) 8thJuvenile Murjan 10thJuvenile Fillies Turf Wyomia 6thLadies' Classic Milwaukee Appeal 8thMarathon Alcomo (Brz) 6th

Sprint Wise Dan 6thTurf Sprint Unzip Me 3rd

2011 Dirt Mile Irrefutable 9thJuvenile Fillies Weemissfrankie 3rdJuvenile Fillies Turf My Gi Gi 12thJuvenile Turf Tequila Facctor 14thLadies' Classic Plum Pretty 5thSprint Euroears 9th

Quick facts about Rafael Bejarano:

In the midst of another great year of racing, Bejarano captured the2012 Hollywood Park spring-summer riding title, as well as the Del Marhonors. Also, at Del Mar broke the record for stakes victories with 13,as opposed to the previous record of 12 held jointly by four riders –Laffit Pincay Jr., Chris McCarron, Gary Stevens and Corey Nakatani. Ittook a win in Del Mar’s final stakes of the meeting – the Del MarFuturity to seal the deal. Ironically, jockey Joe Talamo had tied therecord on closing day, giving him the chance to set the 13-winstandard before Bejarano’s Futurity victory.

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Achieved another life milestone in 2012 – becoming a United Statescitizen April 27 at a swearing-in ceremony in Louisville.

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Major stakes winners in 2012 include My Gi Gi, Executiveprivilege,Rolling Fog, Richard’s Kid, Coil, Secret Circle, Plum Pretty and Eden’sMoon. Executriveprivilege and Rolling Fog won Del Mar’s top

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2-year-old races – the Debutante and Futurity, respectively.

In 2011, won his third Breeders’ Cup championship race by capturingthe inaugural running of the Juvenile Sprint aboard the Baffert-trainedSecret Circle. Later on the first day of the championships, Bejaranowas third on Weemissfrankie in the Juvenile Fillies, and fifth in theLadies’ Classic with Plum Pretty, the winner of the 2010 KentuckyOaks.

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Also in 2011, won Grade 1 races aboard Weemissfrankie, Euroears,and Fluke (Brz), and additional graded races aboard 14 otherindividuals.

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Had two earlier Breeders’ Cup winners, Intercontinental in the 2005Filly & Mare Turf and Ginger Punch in the 2007 Distaff. Narrowlymissed in 2009, finishing second aboard Crown of Thorns by a nose toDancing in Silks in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint.

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Top mounts in 2010 included Grade 1 winners Blind Luck, TuscanEvening (Ire), Wickedly Perfect, Hibaayeb (GB) and General Quarters.

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Has ranked among top 10 riders in earnings in North America eachyear since 2004, when he first broke into the top 10. Earnings for2011: $14.9 million.

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Took the riding title for the 2009-10 Santa Anita meet, his third title in arow for the long winter-spring meet. In addition to winning the title for2009 Santa Anita meet, Bejarano also took the riding title at Oak Treein 2008.

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Earned his 2,000th win at Hollywood Park on June 9, 2009 on GoodTime Sally for Kathy Walsh.

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Missed most of the 2009 Del Mar meet after being involved in aserious accident on opening day. He suffered fractures of the jaw,nose and orbital bones and had to undergo surgery. He returned to theraces on Aug. 28 only to be sidelined again briefly with a thumb injurysix days later. Despite missing six weeks of peak racing season,Bejarano finished the year ranked seventh in purse earnings amongjockeys in North America with $12,430,943 and 240 winners from1,129 mounts.

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In 2008, he became just the third rider in history to sweep the ridingtitles at all three major Southern California tracks in 2008. Only ChrisMcCarron (1983) and Patrick Valenzuela (2003) also have won theSanta Anita Winter/Spring, Hollywood Park Spring/Summer, Del MarSummer and Hollywood Park Fall Meets in the same year.

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After riding successfully in Kentucky and New York, relocated toSouthern California at the conclusion of the Churchill meet in ’07 toride first call on Bobby Frankel’s horses at Santa Anita. The moveworked out well for him as he captured the jockey’s title on the finalday with four wins.

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Escaped serious injuries on closing day of the 2007 Saratoga meetafter sustaining significant ones the previous two years. During the2005 meet, he sustained a hairline fracture and ligament damage tohis right ankle in a starting gate accident and in 2006, he cracked hisribs.

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On April 8, 2006, in just his second visit to Santa Anita, Bejarano wonsix races on the card ... Won five races at Churchill Downs on July 8,2006.

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Won 2005 riding titles at Keeneland fall and Churchill spring and fallmeets, which contributed to his fourth-place ranking by earnings inNorth America. Also earned titles at Turfway Park, Kentucky Downsand Ellis Park that year.

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Had a remarkable two days at Turfway on March 12-13, 2004. Won atrack-record seven races the first day and then five more the next onhis way to a track record for most wins in a meet (150).

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Led all North American jockeys with 455 victories in 2004. Took firstG1 victory in 2004 with longshot Colonial Colony in 2004 StephenFoster at Churchill Downs.

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Won the 1,000th race of his career in the first race at Keenelandaboard Northern Vacation at age 23 on Oct. 14, 2005.

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Immigrated to the United States in May 2002 with the help of trainerDante Zanelli Sr., settling at River Downs. Won his first race in theU.S. aboard John Bobby at River Downs on July 10, 2002, his firstmount in this country.

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He attended the races in Peru, “fell in love” and enrolled in the nation’sriding school, where he stayed for 1-1/2 years. He groomed horses toearn the money for the school ... Began riding in his native land onDec. 8, 1999, and won the apprentice title at Hippodromo deMonterrico.

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Credits Edgar Prado for serving as his mentor when Bejarano first• came to the United States.

JOE BRAVO

Born: Sept. 10, 1971, Long Branch, N.J. ... Residence: Eatontown,N.J.; Aventura, Fla. ... Height: 5’2” ... Weight: 112 ... Family: Single.

Breeders’ Cup RecordMounts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings5 0 0 0 $56,000

1991 Juvenile Fillies Miss Legality 10th1995 Juvenile Fillies Mystic Rhythms 4th2007 Dirt Mile Park Avenue Ball 7th

Distaff Prop Me Up 12thSprint Commentator 7th

Quick facts about Joe Bravo:

Bravo is consistently among the top 25 jockeys in North America, buthas not ridden in the Breeders’ Cup since 2007.

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In 2012, his passion for the game remained high, scoring major winswith Turbo Compressor in the United Nations Stakes (G1) andColonial Turf Cup, Little Mike in the Woodford Reserve Turf Classic(G1) and Florida Sunshine Millions, Rule in the Monmouth Cup Stakes(G2), Dancing Solo in the Boiling Springs (G3) and Little Silver, andHere to Win in The Very One (G3). He also piloted Sean Avery tovictory in the Affilate Stakes after a 13-month layoff. He won 12 stakesat the 2012 Monmouth meet to lead all riders. He recorded top fivefinishes at highly competitive Gulfstream from 2011-2009, and a win in

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the Vanderbilt (G1) aboard Sean Avery at Saratoga in 2011. Other topwins that year included the Belmont Futurity (G2)with Jack’s in theDeck, three grade 3 wins with Little Mike, and additional graded stakeswins with Denomination, Justaroundmidnight (Ire), and Duke ofMischief.

Top mounts in 2010 included Bickersons (G2 Forward Gal Stakes),Grassy (G2 Red Smith Handicap), and Silver Timber (Wolf HillStakes).

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Injuries limited Bravo to 797 mounts in 2009. He won 146 races and$5,806,701 in purse money, with an 18 percent success rate and 49percent in-the-money ratio.

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Attained 4,000th win July 4, 2007 at Monmouth Park and rode 12stakes winners that meet. He also captured a record 13th riding title atthe track.

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Despite breaking his back in a Jan. 2006 spill at Gulfstream Park,continued his dominance of New Jersey racing. He returned to ridingin May and won his 12th riding title at Monmouth.

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Regarding his injury-plagued career, Bravo said, “I’m just thankfuleverytime I can come back. When I come back, I’m always thinking theworst in terms of getting my business back, but then I hope for the bestand it works out.”

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“Jersey Joe” has dominated the New Jersey racing circuit since theearly 1990s, earning 13 riding titles at Monmouth and nine at TheMeadowlands. In 1991, he became the first rider in New Jersey history

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to win the meets at Garden State, Meadowlands and Monmouth in oneyear ... He splits his winters between New York and Florida.

First grade 1 winner was Formal Gold in the 1997 Donn Handicap.Other top mounts have included Valid Video, Lion Heart (who won theG1 Haskell at Bravo’s favored Monmouth Park) and Wynn DotComma.

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Is a third-generation jockey … Grandfather Bartolo and father George•

also rode.

At 13, he was riding Quarter Horses in Texas … Started ridingThoroughbreds in late 1988 at Calder Race Course. Won his first raceaboard Daffy Doc.

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Enjoys playing poker, vacationing at Atlantis in the Bahamas andwatching the Philadelphia Eagles play. His agent is former jockeyDanny Nied.

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WILLIAM BUICK

Born: July 22, 1988 in Norway ... Weight: 116.


2010 Classic Flood Plain (GB) 14thJuvenile Turf Utley 7thTurf Debussy (Ire) 5th

2011 Juvenile Fillies Questing (GB) 5thJuvenile Fillies Turf Elusive Kate 8th

Quick facts about William Buick:

Up to Oct. 24, 2012, lies in a career best sixth place in the BritishJockeys’ Championship with 117 wins from 645 rides, taking hisoverall total of British wins to 519.

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He landed a plum job for the 2010 European season, taking over fromJimmy Fortune as retained jockey to trainer John Gosden. This newcombination has enjoyed great success, initially with Dar Re Miwinning the Dubai Sheema Classic (G1) then, later in the year, landing

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the Arlington Million (G1) with Debussy and the St Leger (G1) withArctic Cosmos.

His other 2010 Group 1 wins came on the David Simcock-trainedDream Ahead, in the Prix Morny and the Middle Park Stakes.

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Dream Ahead notched three more Group 1 wins in 2011, althoughBuick was only aboard for two of them, the Prix de la Foret and theHaydock Sprint Cup. His other big race successes in 2011 have comeabaord Elusive Kate (Prix Marcel Boussac), Masked Marvel (St Leger)and, most notably of all, Nathaniel in the King George VI and QueenElizabeth Stakes. Has added a career best eight Group 1 wins in 2012although, surprisingly, no horse has contributed more than once to thattotal.

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Notched his first top flight success in Oct. 2009 when lifting the E PTaylor Stakes at Woodbine aboard Lahaleeb.

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He rode his first winner in Sept. 2006 and finished third to Greg Fairleyin the 2007 apprentice jockeys’ championship. The following year heshared the apprentice title with his fellow Andrew Balding protégé,David Probert.

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His father, Walter, was an eight-time champion jockey in Scandinaviaand also spent four years in Germany as a trainer.

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JAVIER CASTELLANO

Born: Oct. 23, 1977, Maracaibo, Venezuela ... Residence: Garden City,N.Y. ... Height: 5’1” ... Weight: 110 ... Family: wife Abby; daughtersKayla Marie and Sienna Grace; son Brady Ryan.


2006 Classic Bernardini 2ndDistaff Pine Island dnf

2007 Dirt Mile Wanderin Boy 4thJuvenile Globalize 11thJuvenile Fillies Backseat Rhythm 3rdMile Trippi’s Storm 6th

2008 Ladies' Classic Music Note 3rdMarathon Cedar Mountain 6thSprint First Defence 8thTurf Sprint Heros Reward 5th

2009 Juvenile Eskendereya 9thJuvenile Fillies Turf Rose Catherine 2ndSprint Capt. Candyman Can 8thTurf Telling 7th

2010 Dirt Mile Morning Line 2ndFilly & Mare Sprint Jessica Is Back 9thFilly & Mare Turf Miss Keller (Ire) 9th

Juvenile Stay Thirsty 5thJuvenile Fillies Turf New Normal 8thMarathon Prince Will I Am 10thMile Get Stormy 11thSprint Pashito the Che 12thTurf Telling 6thTurf Sprint Rose Catherine 7th

2011 Classic Stay Thirsty 11thFilly & Mare Sprint Pomeroys Pistol 4thJuvenile Union Rags 2ndJuvenile Fillies Turf Stopshoppingmaria 2ndJuvenile Turf Fantastic Song 10thLadies' Classic Ask the Moon 6thMarathon Eldaafer 6thSprint Aikenite 4thTurf Teaks North 8thTurf Sprint Grand Adventure 10th

Quick facts about Javier Castellano:

In 2011, Castellano rode 10 Breeders’ Cup races; he finished secondon both Union Rags in the Juvenile and Stopshoppingmaria in theJuvenile Fillies Turf.

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Castellano also had 10 Breeders’ Cup mounts in 2010, finishing•

second in the Dirt Mile with Morning Line.

Castellano won on his first Breeders’ Cup mount when Ghostzapperwon the Breeders’ Cup Classic in 2004 at Lone Star Park. He finishedsecond aboard Bernardini in the 2006 edition of the Classic atChurchill Downs.

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In 2012, Castellano finished second in the jockey standings at theSaratoga meet for the third consecutive year. He rode 51 winners asthe runner-up to Ramon Dominguez’s record-setting meet.

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Castellano won his 3,000th race on Feb. 24, 2012 at Gulfstream Park,guiding Virtuously to a thrilling late-closing victory in the sixth race.Less than a month later, he broke the record at Gulfstream for mostwins with his 98th victory of the meet; he was the meet’s leadingjockey with 112 wins.

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His first Grade 1 win of 2012 came in the Wood Memorial onGemologist; other Grade 1 victories this year came in the Acorn withContested; in the Diana with Winter Memories, and in the Spinawaywith So Many Ways.

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On Aug. 28, 2012, Castellano and his brother Abel both becamefathers for the third time. Adam Antonio was born to Abel and his wifeClaudia in the morning; less than an hour later, Javier and Abbywelcomed their first son.

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One of the top five jockeys in the nation in 2011, Castellano rode G1winners Ask the Moon (Personal Ensign Invitational Stakes, RuffianInvitational Handicap), Hilda’s Passion (Ballerina Stakes), Stay Thirsty

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(Travers Stakes), Zagora (Diana Stakes), C.S. Silk (Foxwoods Just aGame Stakes), Get Stormy (Maker’s Mark Mile), Lilacs and Lace(Central Bank Ashland Stakes), and Her Smile (Prioress Stakes).Other graded stakes winners ridden in 2011 included Union Rags,Right One (FR), Exhi, and Awesome Maria.

He rode Ave (GB) to victory in the Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes(G1), and Afleet Express in the Travers (G1) for his only major wins of2010, winning additional 2010 graded stakes aboard Discreetly Mine,Blues Street, New Normal, You and I Forever, Battle Plan, Get Stormy,Interactif, Prince Will I Am, and Miss Keller (IRE).

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On three occasions, Castellano has won five consecutive races atSaratoga: Sept. 6, 2004; Sept. 3, 2005; and July 25, 2010.

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Castellano is currently based on the New York/Florida circuit ofBelmont Park, Saratoga Race Course, and Gulfstream Park, shippingto Kentucky’s Keeneland Race Course to ride stakes contenders;agent Matt Muzikar picked up his book in the spring of 2009.

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In 2008, Castellano rode 2006 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner and TurfChampion Red Rocks to victory over Curlin in the G1 Man o’ WarStakes on the Belmont Park lawn, issuing the only defeat the reigningHorse of the Year had suffered at that point in the season.

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He earned his 2,000th win at Calder Race Course on April 28, 2007aboard Nombre de Dios (BRZ) for trainer Mark Hennig.

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His first Triple Crown race victory came with Bernardini in the G1Preakness Stakes in 2006, a race marred by the breakdown of

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Barbaro, winner of that year’s G1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum!Brands. Ridden by Castellano in all of his starts, Bernardini went on tobe named champion 3-year-old of 2006 with additional wins in the G1Travers Stakes and G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.

He has won riding titles at Gulfstream, Belmont, Aqueduct,Tropical-at-Calder and Hialeah.

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On the advice of his then-agent Steve Adika, Castellano moved toNew York in 2001 and was immediately successful, finishing sixth inthe New York jockey standings. He was second in 2002.

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He started riding in Venezuela in 1996 and moved to the United Statesin June 1997, riding on the South Florida circuit. His first winner in theUnited States was Phone Man on July 31, 1997, at Calder.

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He calls his father, a former jockey who died in 2000, the biggestinfluence on his career. His uncle also was a jockey, as is his brotherAbel. Castellano’s father-in-law Terry Meyocks is a former NYRA andNTRA executive; he currently serves as the national director of theJockeys’ Guild.

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DAVID COHEN

Born: Torrance, Calif. ... Height: 5'6" ... Weight: 117 ... Family: Wife,Maria; son, Caleb; daughter, Arabella.

Breeders’ Cup RecordMounts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings2 0 0 0 $0

2011 Filly & Mare Sprint Tamarind Hall 10th

Quick facts about David Cohen:

Has won more than 1,100 races through Sept. 2012, and ranks in thetop 30 nationally for the year with more than $5.3 million in purseearnings.

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Earned one of the biggest victories of his career when Golden Ticket,at odds of 33-to-1, dead-heated with Alpha at the wire of the Grade 1,$1 million Travers Stakes, the oldest stakes race for 3-year-olds in thecountry, at Saratoga Race Course on Aug. 25.

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Following the six-week Saratoga meet in 2012, where he won seven of94 mounts, Cohen moved his tack to Kentucky for the fall season toride first call for Ken McPeek, trainer of Golden Ticket.

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Made his Breeders’ Cup debut in 2011, riding Tamarind Hall, whofinished 10th of 12 in the 2011 Filly and Mare Sprint for Finger

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Lakes-based trainer Jeremiah Englehart, and Vexor, who was ninth inthe Juvenile Sprint

Won his 1,000th career race aboard Bobs Pinup Girl on Oct. 13, 2011at Belmont Park, his second win of the day.

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Finished the 2011 season as the fourth-leading rider in New Yorkbehind Eclipse Award winner Ramon Dominguez with 164 victories. In2010, his first full season on the New York circuit, he was second toDominguez with 180 wins.

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Won back-to-back runnings of the Evening Attire Stakes with HeartButte in 2011 and Understatement in 2010. Other 2011 stakes winsinclude the Bed o’Roses (Tamarind Hall) and Dearly Precious (CoaxLiberty), while he won the Count Fleet (Laus Deo), Gravesend(Calibrachoa), Mount Vernon (Chestoria), Stymie (Understatement)and Vagrancy (Hour Glass) in 2010.

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In 2006, his second full season of riding, Cohen captured the $2million Dubai Golden Shaheen at Nad al Sheba Racetrack aboardProud Tower Too.

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Cohen got his introduction to racing through his father, who bred andowned horses. He began riding in his native California, picking up hisfirst career victory aboard Queen Boy on Aug. 11, 2004 at Del Mar.

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An avid hockey fan, Cohen lists golf, trail riding and boating among hishobbies, and barbeque and sushi among his favorite foods.

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LUIS CONTRERAS

Born: March 14, 1986, Mexico City, Mexico ... Residence: Toronto,Ontario, Canada. ... Height: 5'3" ... Weight: 114 ... Family: wife Alma,sons Luis Jr. and Alberto.


2011 Juvenile Prospective 13thJuvenile Fillies Northern Passion 7th

Quick facts about Luis Contreras:

Contreras had his first Breeders’ Cup mounts in 2011, riding NorthernPassion to a seventh-place finish in the Juvenile Fillies andProspective to a 13th-place finish in the Juvenile.

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Notable victories in 2012 include the Tampa Bay Derby (G2) andVictoria Park Stakes with Prospective; the Rushaway Stakes withFlashy Dresser; the Ocala Stakes with Delightful Mary; the ElginStakes and Steady Growth Stakes with Pender Harbour; and the FuryStakes with Northern Passion. He won the Ballade Stakes for thesecond consecutive year (2011 with Dancing Raven).

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He won the Woodbine riding title in 2011 with 212 wins, just nine fewerthan Mickey Walls’ 1991 record. He earned a record $11,563,915 inpurses and won 23 stakes at Woodbine, tying for first.

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He rode Inglorious to victory in the $1 million (CAN) Queen’s PlateStakes on June 26, the Woodbine Oaks on June 5, and the LaLorgnette Stakes on May 15, 2011.

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In 2011, Contreras became the first jockey in history to win a personalCanadian Triple Crown: he won the Queen’s Plate on Inglorious andthe Prince of Wales Stakes and Breeders’ Stakes on Pender Harbour.

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The Breeders’ Stakes win on Aug. 7, 2011 with Pender Harbour wasContreras’ sixth victory on the card; he became the first jockey to winsix races in one day at Woodbine since David Clark on July 17, 1998.

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Other stakes winners in 2011 include Signature Red (G2 HighlanderStakes), Bay to Bay (G2 Nassau Stakes), Northern Passion (G3Natalma Stakes), Prospective (G3 Grey Stakes), Pender Harbour(Breeders’ Stakes, Prince of Wales Stakes, Bunty Lawless Stakes),Notacloudinthesky (Nandi Stakes), Weekend Romance (Passing MoodStakes), Clement Rock (Toronto Cup Stakes), Bingo (Ontario DamselStakes), Sans Sousi (Rainbow Connection Stakes), Bear It’s Time(Bison City Stakes, Lady Angela Stakes), Don Cavallo (G3 DominionDay Stakes), Clement Rock (Charlie Barley Stakes), Dancing Raven(Ballade Stakes), Oh Canada (Woodstock Stakes), and Maritimer(Coronation Futurity and Display Stakes).

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In 2010, Contreras doubled his numbers of the previous season,visiting the winner’s circle at Woodbine 127 times while finishing fourthoverall in the standings. His horses earned over $5.3 million at theCanadian oval as he won three added-money events there, includingthe $250,000 (CAN) Coronation Futurity with Strike Oil for trainer Mark

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Casse.

Contreras’ real success in North America began in 2009, when trainerSteve Asmussen decided to send a string to Canada’s WoodbineRace Course for the first time and sent Contreras there as first-callrider. That year, the jockey won 67 races at Woodbine (120 overall)and over $2.8 million in purses, finishing ninth in the overall standings.Highlights included his piloting of Points of Grace, the eventualSovereign Award-winning Female Turf horse, to victories in the DanceSmartly Stakes (G2) and River Memories Stakes.

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On Sept. 11, 2009, Contreras rode Asmussen’s 5,000th training win,Passion Rules.

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Other 2009 stakes winners included Stealth Cat and Grand SlamAndre, both at Sunland Park.

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The jockey won the Sunland Park riding title for the 2009-2010 meet•

with 51 wins from 262 starts, earnings of more than $1.1 million, a 19percent win rate and a 48 percent in the money rate.

In 2008, Contreras rode mostly in Northern California but alsoventured to Sunland, where he began riding for Asmussen.

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His first stakes win came with North Beach in the Miss America atGolden Gate on Nov. 11, 2007. His first graded stakes win was aboardAutism Awareness in the El Camino Real Derby (G3) on March 8,2008.

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The jockey moved to North America in 2007 and rode his first winnerhere, Flyinsin, to victory at Golden Gate Fields on Feb. 1 that year.

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Contreras began riding at age 16 in his native Mexico and enjoyedgreat success there from 2002-2006, including four consecutivecampaigns of 100-plus wins.

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KENT DESORMEAUX

Born: Feb. 27, 1970, Maurice, La. ... Residence: Maurice, La. ... Height:5’3” ... Weight: 116 ... Family: Engaged to Jacqueline Higgins. SonsJoshua and Jacob from a previous marriage. Brother, Keith, is a traineron the Texas-Louisiana circuit. ... Web site: www.kentdesormeaux.com


1989 Mile Highland Springs 7th1990 Juvenile Hot Date 8th

Mile Lady Winner (Fr) 8th1992 Classic Reign Road 4th

Juvenile River Special 3rdMile Luthier Enchanteur 6thSprint Gray Slewpy 11th

1993 Classic Marquetry 4thDistaff Party Cited 8thJuvenile Ferrara 9thMile Toussaud 4thSprint Thirty Slews 4thTurf Kotashaan (Fr) 1st

1994 Classic Soul of the Matter 4thTurf Celtic Arms (Fr) 10th

1995 Classic Soul of the Matter 4th

Distaff Lakeway 3rdJuvenile Fillies Gastronomical 8thSprint Desert Stormer 1stTurf Talloires dnf

1996 Classic Dramatic Gold 9thSprint Boundless Moment 9thTurf Talloires 6th

1997 Juvenile Fillies Balisian Beauty 11thMile Fantastic Fellow 8th

1998 Classic Coronado’s Quest 5thDistaff Tuxedo Junction 6thJuvenile Red Sea (GB) 12thJuvenile Fillies Excellent Meeting 2ndMile Labeeb (GB) 3rdSprint Gold Land 4thTurf Dushyantor 3rd

1999 Classic Golden Missile 3rdLadies' Classic Keeper Hill 4thSprint Lexicon 9th

2000 Classic Fusaichi Pegasus 6thFilly & Mare Turf Catella (Ger) 3rdJuvenile Fillies Thunder Bertie 7thSprint Honest Lady 2nd

2001 Classic Freedom Crest 13th

Juvenile French Assault 6th2002 Filly & Mare Turf Dublino 10th

Mile Touch of the Blues (Fr) 10thTurf Ballingarry (Ire) 7th

2003 Mile Touch o the Blues (Fr) 2nd2004 Classic Perfect Drift 4th

Filly & Mare Turf Katdogawn (GB) 10thMile Musical Chimes 6th

2006 Classic Suave 12thJuvenile Stormello 5th

2007 Dirt Mile Corinthian 1stFilly & Mare Sprint Baroness Thatcher 4thFilly & Mare Turf Argentina (Ire) 9thJuvenile Z Humor 5thJuvenile Fillies A to the Croft 9thJuvenile Turf Prussian 10thMile Silent Name (Jpn) 12thSprint Forefathers 10thTurf Fri Guy 7th

2008 Filly & Mare Sprint Dream Rush 12thFilly & Mare Turf Mauralakana (Fr) 6thJuvenile Fillies Dream Empress 2ndJuvenile Turf Vaquero 6thLadies' Classic Carriage Trail 4th

Mile War Monger 7th2009 Classic Summer Bird 4th

Dirt Mile Mr. Sidney 7thFilly & Mare Turf Dynaforce 8thJuvenile Piscitelli 4thJuvenile Fillies Connie and Michael 8thJuvenile Turf Interactif 3rdLadies' Classic Mushka 2ndMarathon Gangbuster 4thMile Whatsthescript (Ire) 8th

2010 Classic Paddy O’Prado 10thFilly & Mare Turf Red Desire (JPN) 4thJuvenile Fillies Turf Fancy Point 10thLadies' Classic Unrivaled Belle 1stTurf Sprint Canadian Ballet 14th

2011 Juvenile Dullahan 4th

Quick facts about Kent Desormeaux:

Desormeaux earned his fourth Breeders’ Cup victory in 2010 aboardUnrivaled Belle in the Ladies’ Classic. His other victories came in the2007 Dirt Mile with Corinthian, the 1995 Sprint with Desert Stormer,and the 1993 Turf with Kotashaan.

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He had one mount in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup, a fourth-place finish•

with Dullahan in the Juvenile.

Notable 2012 victories came in the Oklahoma Derby withPoliticallycorrect; the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies with OscarParty, the Toyota Blue Grass (G1) with Dullahan, and the Sacristy(G3) with Old Hat.

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Top mounts of 2011 included Paddy O’Prado, one of the top3-year-olds of 2010, who made a winning return as a 4-year-old in theDixie Stakes (G2) on the Preakness undercard but exited the race witha career-ending injury. In 2010, Paddy O’Prado won the SecretariatStakes (G1), Virginia Derby (G2), and Colonial Turf Cup (G3) afterfinishing third in the Kentucky Derby, all with Desormeaux in the irons.

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Other graded stakes winners in 2011 for Desormeaux were Dullahanin the Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity (G1), Aviate (GB) in the ChurchillDistaff Turf Mile (G2), Flashy Lassie in the Debutante (G3), Victoria’sWildcat in the Eight Belles (G3), Changing Skies in the La Prevoyante(G3), and O’Prado Again in the Remsen (G2).

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In addition to Paddy O’Prado’s impressive 2010 campaign,Desormeaux rode Grade 1 winners in the Vinery Madison (Dr. Zic)and Ashland (Evening Jewel), Grade 2 winners in the SheepsheadBay (Treat Gently), and La Troienne (Unrivaled Belle); and Grade 3winners in the Rampart (Unrivaled Belle), and The Very One(Changing Skies (IRE)).

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Desormeaux made headlines in July 2010 when he failed abreathalyzer test at Woodbine Racetrack prior to the running of the

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Dominion Day Stakes, in which he was supposed to ride eventualwinner Hold Me Back for WinStar Farms. In the aftermath,Desormeaux talked candidly with the media about his struggles withalcohol abuse. The failed test was among reasons cited by New Yorkhorsemen in their request for a breathalyzer process begun atSaratoga Race Course by the New York Racing Association, whichDesormeaux called “a good check-up.” In the spring of 2012,Desormeaux entered outpatient alcohol rehabilitation in New York afterfailing a breathalyzer test at Belmont Park.

In 2009, Desormeaux won his first Belmont Stakes, his first Travers,and his first Jockey Club Gold Cup aboard 3-year-old championSummer Bird.

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He won his third Kentucky Derby aboard IEAH Stables’ Big Brown in2008 and won the 2008 Preakness aboard the Rick Dutrow Jr. traineeas well. All hopes of a Triple Crown victory ended when Desormeauxpulled the colt up in the Belmont Stakes.

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Big Brown and Desormeaux went on to win the Haskell Invitational(G1) in August and Monmouth Stakes in September before the coltsuffered a foot injury and was retired less than a month before the2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic.

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In addition to his victories with Big Brown, Desormeaux has won fourother Triple Crown events, most recently the 2009 Belmont Stakeswith Summer Bird.

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Desormeaux also won the 2000 Kentucky Derby (G1) on Fusaichi•

Pegasus and the 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes withReal Quiet. He and Real Quiet lost the Triple Crown sweep when theywere nosed out by Victory Gallop in the Belmont Stakes.

Desormeaux’s son Jacob depends on cochlear implants tocompensate for deafness at birth and is losing his sight as a result ofUsher syndrome, a genetic disorder. Desormeaux sits on the board ofthe Eye On Jacob Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2008to fund research on the syndrome.

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Desormeaux was elected to the Racing Hall of Fame in 2004.•

From April to June of 2001, Desormeaux rode in Japan, during whichtime he became the first foreign-based jockey to win a Japaneseclassic, with Lady Pastel in the Japanese Oaks. He won two Grade 1races and the Japan Racing Association riding title in Tokyo; he alsowon more races and earned more purse money in two months thanany other foreign jockey had done. He returned to Japan in 2003 andcontinued his success, winning more than 30 races in the span of twomonths.

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In 2008, Desormeaux got his 5,000th win with Bella Attrice on July 27at Saratoga.

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At 30, Desormeaux became the third-youngest jockey, behind BillShoemaker and Chris McCarron (both 29 at the time), to win 4,000races. The milestone win came aboard Temporary Appeal at SantaAnita on Jan. 14, 2001.

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In 1995, at age 25, he won his 3,000th race, the youngest jockey to•

ever reach that plateau. Two years later at 27, he became theyoungest jockey to surpass $100 million in career earnings when hewon the Phillip H. Iselin Handicap (G2) at Monmouth Park with FormalGold.

In 1993, Desormeaux received the George Woolf Memorial Award,which honors riders whose careers and personal character earnesteem for the individual and the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Desormeaux began riding in Southern California in 1990, the year hewas involved in a serious accident at Hollywood Park. Kicked in thehead by a trailing horse, he fractured his skull in several places andsuffered internal bleeding. Four days later, his then-wife Sonia wentinto premature labor at a hospital across town. Kent was moved andthe two shared a hospital room while Kent recovered and Sonia gavebirth to their first son Joshua. Their second son, Jacob, was born in1999.

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He won his first Grade 1 race with Delegant in the 1990 San JuanCapistrano at Santa Anita.

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He has won three Eclipse Awards, one as outstanding apprentice in1987 and two as a journeyman, in 1989 and 1992. He is one of onlythree riders to win in both categories, joining Chris McCarron andSteve Cauthen.

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Desormeaux is one of four jockeys to win three consecutive nationalriding titles, from 1987 to 1989. He has won meet riding titles at OakTree, Santa Anita, Hollywood Park, Del Mar, Laurel, and Pimlico, and

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in Tokyo, Japan. In 1989, he shattered the record for victories in a yearwith 599, a mark that still stands. The old standard was 546, set byChris McCarron in 1974.

In 1987, he broke Steve Cauthen’s apprentice record with 20 stakeswins.

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Desormeaux began riding in 1986 at Evangeline Downs and scoredhis first win aboard Miss Tavern at that track on July 13 of that year.Later in 1986, after having a taste of local success, he made the move

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to Maryland, where he became a national sensation. While still anapprentice, he led all jockeys in wins that year with 450.

Desormeaux is a native of Maurice, La.; his father owned a bush trackin Lafayette, and Desormeaux grew up riding horses at his father’sfarm and riding at local bush tracks.

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He won his first Thoroughbred race at age 16 in 1986 and moved toMaryland the following year. He led the nation in wins and earned theEclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice.

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LANFRANCO (FRANKIE) DETTORI

Born: Dec. 15, 1970, Milan, Italy ... Residence: Newmarket, England ...Height: 5'5" ... Weight: 118 ... Family: wife, Catherine and five children... He is the son of Gianfranco Dettori, 13 times champion jockey in Italy;mother was a professional circus performer.


Quick facts about Lanfranco (Frankie) Dettori:

Dettori ranks first among all active riders in the Breeders’ Cup with 10victories and $17,831,172 in earnings ... Added to his tally with thevictory aboard Pounced in the Juvenile Turf in 2009 and DangerousMidge in the 2010 Turf ... Has ridden two Breeders’ Cup winners ontwo occasions – 2006 (Red Rocks in the Turf and Ouija Board in theFilly & Mare Turf) and 2008 (Raven’s Pass in the Classic andDonativum in the Juvenile Turf ... Other winners include Barathea (’94Mile), Daylami (’99 Turf), Fantastic Light (’01 Turf) and Wilko (’04Juvenile).

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On Oct 21. 2012 announced that he would be ending his 18-year-oldriding retainer with Godolphin and ride as a freelance in 2013 ... Hehas ridden multiple Group 1 winners for the operation around theworld, including Dubai Millennium, who won the 2000 Dubai WorldCup.

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2011 was a fine year for him at the top level as he has notched 11•

Group 1 victories, including the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere aboardDabirsim which was the 500th Group Race success of his career ...2012 has not been so kind, with just three Group/Grade 1 victories,most recently, On Oct.14, the Pattison Canadian International atWoodbine aboard Joshua Tree. His other top wins came in the RedMills Irish Champion Stakes aboard Snow Fairy and in the Gold CupStakes aboard Colour Vision ... Through Oct 23, 2012 he is ranked25th in England with 50 wins.

In 2006, he finished second in the British Jockeys’ Championship with131 wins. Since then he has endured several quiet seasons, finishing11th with 77 wins in 2007, 11th place with 60 wins in 2008, 13th in2009 with 103 win, fifth in 2010 with 123 wins, 11th in 2011 with 50wins ... In 2009, he won a single Group 1 race, the Gran Premio delJockey Club aboard Schiaparelli. His 2010 highlight came at Ascot onSept 25 when he won four races, including two Group 1s – the Fillies’Mile on White Moonstone and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Poet’sVoice.

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Enjoyed a purple patch in early June 2007, winning both the Englishand French Derbys in the space of 24 hours. At Epsom, the triumph ofAuthorized finally filled the one gaping hole in his curriculum vitae,allowing Dettori to land Britain’s greatest race after failing in his 14previous tries. The following day he went to Chantilly to win his thirdFrench Derby aboard Lawman. And, to cap it all, seven days later hewon the other Chantilly classic, the G1 Prix de Diane, aboard WestWind.

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At age eight, Dettori received a palomino pony. He practiced his riding•

skills daily and at 13, left school to pursue his vocation.

Dettori has been champion jockey in Britain three times – in 1994 with233 winners, 1995 with 216 winners and 2004 with 192 winners.

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Dettori joined trainer Luca Cumani in Newmarket in July 1985. He waschristened “Frankie” by the stable lads when he arrived and thenickname stuck ... Known for his ebullient personality and unashamedshow of emotions; his flying dismount after big race wins also makehim a favorite of the fans.

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His first winner was on Billy Pitt at Turin racecourse on Nov. 16, 1986.His first winner in England was on Lizzy Hare at Goodwood on June 9,1987. After that Dettori’s progress was rapid and he was championapprentice in 1989 with 75 winners. He also became first jockey for theCumani Stable. In 1990, he gained the distinction of being the firstteenager since the legendary Lester Piggott to ride 100 winners in aBritish season. This included his first Group 1 winners onMarkofdistinction and Shamshir, remarkably achieved in successiveraces at Ascot.

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Has won major races in 12 countries, many of them multiple times,•

most notably, six editions of Britain’s Queen Anne Stakes.

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He and fellow jockey Ray Cochrane, who now is Dettori’s agent,survived the crash of a light aircraft in June of 2000 that killed the pilot.Dettori’s most serious injury was a broken ankle. He returned to thesaddle two months later, just yards away from where the planecrashed.

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Regularly appeared on nationwide television in England, being a teamcaptain of the popular show “A Question of Sport” from 2002-2004.

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His autobiography, “Frankie: the Autobiography of Frankie Dettori,”came out in 2004.

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Along with chef Marco Pierre White, he co-owns a family restauarantchain called “Frankie’s” in London, and the two co-authored acookbook of Italian recipes “Frankie Dettori’s Italian Family Cookbook.”The traditional Italian recipes, which have special meaning to theauthors, are accompanied by notations of childhood memories andtheir connection to the recipes.

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RAMON DOMINGUEZ

Born: Nov. 24, 1976, Caracas, Venezuela ... Residence: Floral Park,N.Y. ... Height: 5’6” ... Weight: 112 ... Family: wife Sharon, sonsAlexander and Matthew.


2004 Juvenile Fillies Dance Away Capote 5thSprint My Cousin Matt 4thTurf Better Talk Now 1st

2005 Sprint Battle Won 11thTurf Better Talk Now 7th

2006 Mile Rob Roy 5thSprint Friendly Island 2ndTurf Better Talk Now 2nd

2007 Dirt Mile Xchanger 6thFilly & Mare Sprint Wild Gams 9thFilly & Mare Turf Passage of Time (GB) 3rdJuvenile Turf Gio Ponti 8thLadies' Classic Unbridled Belle 5thMile Remarkable News (Ven) 7thTurf Better Talk Now 4th

2008 Filly & Mare Sprint Miraculous Miss 4thJuvenile Fillies Sky Diva 3rd

Ladies' Classic Cocoa Beach (Chi) 2ndSprint Fabulous Strike 5thTurf Better Talk Now 10th

2009 Classic Gio Ponti 2ndJuvenile William’s Kitten 8thJuvenile Turf Dean’s Kittens 6thTurf Sprint Cannonball 3rd

2010 Classic Haynesfield 11thJuvenile Boys At Toscanova 2ndJuvenile Fillies Joyful Victory 5thJuvenile Fillies Turf Forest Legend 4thJuvenile Turf Deciphering Dreams 11thMile Gio Ponti 2ndSprint Riley Tucker 9th

2011 Classic Havre de Grace 4thFilly & Mare Turf Stacelita 10thJuvenile Hansen 1stJuvenile Fillies Grace Hall 2ndJuvenile Fillies Turf Dayatthespa 9thJuvenile Turf State of Play 12thLadies' Classic It’s Tricky 2ndMile Gio Ponti 4thSprint Big Drama 7thTurf Dean’s Kitten 9th

Quick facts about Ramon Dominguez:

Dominguez earned his second Breeders’ Cup victory from 41 mountsin 2011 by guiding Hansen to a gate to wire victory in the Breeders’Cup Juvenile; his first Breeders’ Cup win came in 2004 when heguided longshot Better Talk Now to victory in the Turf. He was in thesaddle when champion Gio Ponti finished second to then-unbeatenracemare Zenyatta in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Classic and second toGoldikova in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Mile.

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Dominguez is the 2012 recipient of the George Woolf Award, whichhonors a rider each year whose career and personal character earnesteem for the individual and the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Dominguez lit up Saratoga with his riding accomplishments in 2012,winning 68 races during the 40-day meet to break by four the mark setby John Velazquez in 2004 over 36 days. Among his victories: Alphain the G1 Travers (dead heat with Golden Ticket) and the G2 JimDandy; Zagora in the G2 Ballston Spa; Unbridled Command in the G3Saranac.

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He twice rode six winners on a single day in 2012, first on July 22 andagain on Sept. 2, the first jockey to ride six winners on a Saratoga cardon two separate occasions. John Velazquez was the first jockey to winsix races in one day at Saratoga, on Sept. 3, 2001.

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Other notable 2012 wins include G1 victories in the Garden City withSamitar, the Arlington Million with Little Mike, the Longines Just AGame with Tapitsfly, the Woodford Reserve Manhattan with Desert

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Blanc, and the Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap with Get Stormy.

Dominguez rides full-time year-round in New York and has won 17meet riding titles since the winter of 2007. He led all riders in New Yorkin 2009, 2010, and 2011. He had a breakout year in 2009 when hemoved his tack to New York from the mid-Atlantic region, where hehad been the leading rider at Delaware Park from 2004-2007. He firstwon top jockey honors at the 2007-2008 inner track meet at Aqueductwith 113 victories; beginning with the 2008-2009 inner track meet, hewon nine consecutive leading rider titles until his streak ended with athird-place finish in the 2010 standings at Saratoga Race Course.

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In 2011, Dominguez won G1 races aboard Havre de Grace(Woodward Stakes, Apple Blossom Stakes), Get Stormy (WoodfordReserve Turf Classic), Stacelita (Beverly D. Stakes), and Grace Hall(Spinaway Stakes). He won other graded stakes aboardDisposablepleasure, State of Play, Aruna, Justin Phillip, SuperEspresso, Alternation, Dynamic Holiday, Calibrachoa, Stay Thirsty,Harissa, Silver Reunion, and Brethren.

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He equaled the NYRA one-day record held by 16 other jockeys withsix wins at Belmont Park on June 5, 2011. The only other jockeys todo so at Belmont were Jorge Velazquez and Steve Cauthen, who did itthree times.

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Dominguez won the 2010 and 2011 Eclipse Award as OutstandingJockey.

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He won his 4,000th race on March 19, 2010 at Aqueduct, going on that•

year to earn G1 victories in 2010 aboard Gio Ponti in the Man ‘o Warand Shadwell Turf Mile, and aboard Boys At Tosconova in the ThreeChimneys Hopeful Stakes. He won his 3,000th race at Delaware Parkon May 9, 2007 and scored his 2,000th career win in June 2004.

In 2004, Dominguez received the 2004 Isaac Murphy Award,presented by the National Turf Writers Association to the jockey withthe highest winning percentage for the year.

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In 2001 and 2003, Dominguez led the nation in wins (431 and 453victories, respectively) and was second in 2006 with 385 wins, behindJulien Leparoux. His 2006 in-the-money percentage of 63 percent washigher than any other rider in the top 20 earnings list.

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Dominguez met his wife Sharon at Delaware Park, where she gallopedhorses in the mornings and ponied in the afternoons. They married theday after the 2001 Belmont Stakes, but delayed their honeymoon until

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Jan. 2002 because of Dominguez’s opportunity to win the nationalriding title.

Born in Venezuela, Dominguez began riding horses at age 16 despitethe strong disapproval of his father, who wanted him to become adoctor. At his father’s suggestion, he started to learn show jumpinginstead, but after about a year he slipped away to a nearby trainingcenter, where he began getting on the easier horses. After about aweek, his father found out and ended up “being very supportive.”Dominguez, however, had to promise to finish high school.

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He came to the United States in 1995 and began riding in 1996 atHialeah. His first win was aboard Solo Moondance in March of thatyear.

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Other s ign i f i can t horses r idden in h is ca reer inc ludeSweetnorthernsaint, Bluegrass Cat, Invasor, and Big Truck.

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DAVID R. FLORES

Born: Feb. 5, 1968, Tijuana, Mexico ... Residence: Duarte, Calif. ...Height: 5’4” ... Weight: 115 ... Family: Wife, Dawn, daughters Cinthya,Natalya, Priscilla and Tayler.


1991 Juvenile Bag 13th1992 Classic Marquetry 11th1997 Juvenile Johnbill 5th

Mile Pinfloon (Fr) 11thSprint Track Gal 10th

1998 Sprint The Exeter Man 13th1999 Classic General Challenge 10th

Juvenile Forest Camp 6thJuvenile Fillies Chilukki 2ndMile Tuzla (Fr) 2ndSprint Enjoy the Moment 14th

2000 Juvenile Street Cry (Ire) 3rdJuvenile Fillies Notable Career 5th

2001 Juvenile Ibn Al Haitham (GB) 9thJuvenile Fillies Tempera 1st

2003 Juvenile Action This Day 1stJuvenile Fillies Class Above 7th

Mile Special Ring 8th2004 Mile Singletary 1st2005 Mile Singletary 8th2006 Ladies' Classic Hollywood Story 10th2007 Classic Awesome Gem 3rd

Filly & Mare Sprint Jazzy (Arg) 10thJuvenile Salute the Sarge 9thJuvenile Fillies Tasha’s Miracle 4thSprint Idiot Proof 2nd

2008 Dirt Mile Surf Cat 12thFilly & Mare Sprint Magnificience 7thJuvenile Fillies Turf April Pride (GB) 11thSprint Street Boss 3rd

2009 Classic Awesome Gem 7thTurf Sprint El Gato Malo 8th

2011 Filly & Mare Sprint Turbulent Descent 5thLadies' Classic Ultra Blend 4th

Quick facts about David R. Flores:

David Flores is in the midst of another solid year of racing, chalking up$3.3 million in purse earnings as of late September, putting him amongthe top 50 riders in earnings. Among his stakes winners this year areCapital Account for Bob Baffert, Turbulent Descent and Mizdirection

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for Mike Puype and Slim Shadey (early in the year) for SimonCallaghan. Turbulent Descent now is trained by Todd Pletcher.

After 13 previous tries, won his first Breeders’ Cup race with Temperain the 2001 running of the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Twomore winners followed with Action This Day (2003 G1 Breeders’ CupJuvenile) and Singletary (2004 G1 Breeders’ Cup Mile).

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March 7, 2007, rode Les Grands Trois to victory to give the late trainerBobby Frankel his 869th victory at Santa Anita to tie with CharlieWhittingham. Flores was aboard Frankel’s next winner, Citronnade, onMarch 25, to set the new training record of 870 wins.

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In 2006, was elected to a Western Region seat for the Jockeys’ Guild.•

Including Breeders’ Cup races, has won a total of 10 races worth a $1million or more, including the 2003 edition of the G1 Arlington Millionwith the well-traveled Sulamani and two races at Nad-Al-Sheba in2001, the United Arab Emirates Derby with Express Tour and theGodolphin Mile with Festival of Light.

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Won four of five G1 races at 1999 Del Mar meet on his way to theriding title, including the $1 million Pacific Classic with GeneralChallenge.

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Rode Siphon to two wins in $1 million races in 1996, the Hollywood•

Gold Cup and the Santa Anita Handicap.

His first Grade 1 win came aboard Marquetry in the 1991 HollywoodGold Cup. It also was the first victory in the $1 million race for the lateBobby Frankel.

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His late father was a jockey in Tijuana and later an exercise rider inSouthern California who inspired David to begin riding match races atage 8 in Tijuana.

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His first win was on March 3, 1984, aboard Swift Doc at Caliente,where he went on to set an apprentice record with 61 wins.

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Joined the Southern California jockey colony in 1989 and has beenbased there ever since. Spent his first five years riding at AguaCaliente Racetrack in his native Tijuana.

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Has won more than 130 graded stakes and on five separate occasionshas won two stakes in one day at Santa Anita.

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Supports orphanage Ciudad de los Ninos in Tijuana and sponsors agolf tournament nearly every year during Del Mar season with theproceeds going to the orphanage.

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ALAN GARCIA

Born: Oct. 2, 1985, Lima, Peru ... Residence: Westbury, N.Y. ... Height:5'2" ... Weight: 110 ... Family: Wife Liliana, two sons, Mathias andDiego.


2007 Filly & Mare Turf Lahudood 1st2008 Classic Champs Elysee (GB) 8th

Filly & Mare Sprint Jazzy (Arg) 8thFilly & Mare Turf Dynaforce 8thJuvenile Fillies Persistently 5thJuvenile Fillies Turf Freedom Rings 9thJuvenile Turf Coronet of a Baron 3rdMile Shakis (Ire) 11thTurf Grand Couturier 11th

2009 Classic Girolamo 12thFilly & Mare Turf Rutherienne 7thJuvenile Aikenite 5thJuvenile Fillies Turf Hatheer 4thMile Justenuffhumor 3rdTurf Sprint Canadian Ballet 5th

2010 Classic Etched 6thDirt Mile Vineyard Haven 6th

Filly & Mare Sprint Moontune Missy 12thJuvenile Turf Soldat 2ndLadies' Classic Persistantly 7thSprint Girolamo 11th

2011 Juvenile Fillies Putthebabiesdown 8th

Quick facts about Alan Garcia:

In 2011, Garcia had one mount in the Breeders’ Cup, finishing eighthon Putthebabiesdown in the Juvenile Fillies. His best finish in sixmounts at the 2010 Breeders’ Cup World Championships was asecond aboard Soldat in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.

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Notable 2012 victories include the G2 Saratoga Special with SpuriousPrecision; G1 Foxwood’s King’s Bishop with Willy Beamin; and G1Forego with Emcee. He also rode multiple stakes winners GitcheeGoomie and Opus A.

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In 2011, he rode eventual Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom tovictory in Turfway’s Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes (G3) but gave up themount in the Derby to ride Fountain of Youth Stakes (G1) winnerSoldat for main client Kiaran McLaughlin. Other top mounts that yearincluded Noble’s Promise, Crimson China, Tar Heel Mom and GitcheeGoomie.

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In 2010, Garcia notched Grade 1 victories in the Spinster (Acoma),Frizette (A Z Warrior), Vosburgh (Girolamo), Personal Ensign

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(Persistently, upsetting Rachel Alexandra), and Toyota Blue Grass(Stately Victor).

Won the $2 million UAE Derby in 2009 aboard Regal Ransom in agate to wire performance for Godolpin.

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In 2009, Garcia won the Bernard Baruch at Saratoga for the thirdconsecutive year when he rode Justenuffhumor to victory. He won therace in 2007 and 2008 with Shakis. Both horses were trained byKiaran McLaughlin.

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Other notable 2009 victories came in the G1 Ruffian (Swift Temper),G1 Coaching Club American Oaks (Funny Moon) and G1 MetropolitanHandicap (Bribon). It was his second straight win in the Met Mile,having won the previous year with Divine Park.

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2008 saw Garcia win eight Grade 1 races and achieve significantcareer milestones. He delivered a huge upset in the Belmont Stakes(G1) when he rode Robert LaPenta’s Da’ Tara to victory, ending theTriple Crown hopes of Big Brown. Garcia went wire-to-wire aboard theNick Zito trainee, sent off at odds of 38-1, to score by 5 ¼ lengths.

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On Travers Day at Saratoga, Aug. 23, 2008 he won five races on thecard, including the Bernard Baruch (G2) and King’s Bishop (G1).

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He won 39 races at Saratoga in summer 2008, leading him to his firstriding title, finishing three wins ahead of veteran jockey JohnVelazquez.

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In 2007, he joined four other jockeys to win a Breeders’ Cup race with•

his first mount when he won the Filly & Mare Turf with Lahudood,trained by Kiaran McLaughlin. He also scored his first Grade 1 victoryaboard Lahudood, in the 2007 Flower Bowl Invitational. He firstteamed with McLaughlin in 2006 and credits that partnership for muchof the success he gained after a full-time move to the N.Y. circuit in2007.

Garcia won his first stakes races in 2004, in the City Zip at Aqueducton Pavo on Dec. 18.

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Garcia was the last rider of 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide,riding the gelding to victory in the Wadsworth Memorial Handicap atFinger Lakes on July 4, 2007.

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He was the leading apprentice at The Meadowlands in 2003 after abrief tenure as an exercise rider in Kentucky. For the next three years,he was based primarily in Maryland and New Jersey.

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Garcia graduated from the Jorge Bernardini Yori jockey school in Peruand was that country’s leading apprentice in 2003 before coming to theUnited States later in the year at the suggestion of friend and fellowrider Alfredo Clemente.

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Garcia’s father and grandfather were riders in Peru, but Garcia initiallywanted to be a professional soccer player. The decision to become ajockey was made after it became apparent that his size and familybackground made him a natural in the saddle.

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MARTIN GARCIA

Born: Oct. 23, 1984 in Veracruz, Mexico ... Residence: Monrovia, Calif.... Height: 5' 1" ... Weight: 106 pounds ... Family: Single.


2011 Dirt Mile The Factor 8thFilly & Mare Sprint Irish Gypsy 8thFilly & Mare Turf Harmonious 9thJuvenile Drill 10thJuvenile Fillies Candrea 11thMile Jeranimo 7th

Quick facts about Martin Garcia:

Burst onto the national scene in 2010 by winning the PreaknessStakes aboard Lookin At Lucky for trainer Bob Baffert. The victorytriggered a run through the rest of 2010 and 2011 as Baffert’s go-toguy. During that time, rode more than two dozen stakes winners forthe trainer. Seven wins came in G1 races, including the HollywoodGold Cup with First Dude, Haskell Invitational with Coil, Del MarFuturity with Drill and the Malibu and Pat O’Brien with The Factor.

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Garcia and Baffert parted ways in May 2012 after winning sevenstakes together, including the Grade 1 Las Virgenes Stakes withEden’s Moon ... Gracia’s current big horse is My Best Brother, a two

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time stakes winner at Del Mar.

Other major winners during the two years he was Baffert’s mainjockey: Gabby’s Golden Gal (2010 Santa Monica), Misremembered(2010 Santa Anita Handicap) and Plum Pretty (2011 Kentucky Oaks).

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2010 was Garcia’s best earnings year with $10.1 million even thoughhe missed some months toward the end of the year due to visa issuesin his native Mexico. Purse earnings for 2011 reached $8.5 million,13th best in North America.

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Sweeter Still brought him his first graded stakes win in the SenoritaStakes at Hollywood Park in 2008.

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Was a finalist for an Eclipse Award as top apprentice in 2006.•

Found early success at Bay Meadows in Northern California, tyingperennial champion and all-time leading rider Russell Baze for themeet’s riding title with 47 wins in 2005-06 ... Came back to ride 109winners in Golden Gate Fields’ 65-day meet and deny Hall of FamerBaze his first riding title in the region since 1980.

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Registered his first victory on Aug. 7, 2005 at Bay Meadows Fairaboard Wild Daydreamer ... First stakes win came in the $75,000Foster City Handicap at Bay Meadows on Feb. 4, 2006 onSomethinaboutlaura, and a week later won his first $100,000 race bysending Sierra Sweetie to the winner’s circle in the CaliforniaBreeders’ Cup Oaks.

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Was abandoned by his 14-year-old mother as a child and raised by•

his grandmother. He never knew his father. Garcia worked inconstruction in Veracruz at 11 years of age.

Came to the United States in 2003 and got a job as a dishwasher in adelicatessen in Pleasanton, Calif. The ever-eager Garcia talked the

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deli owner, who owned a string of show horses, to let him ride. Ridingbareback and guiding the horse with a handful of mane, Garcia tookthe horse successfully over several jumps to earn a chance to exercisehorses for some trainers in the Pleasanton area for six months beforebeginning his career in earnest.

GARRETT GOMEZ

Born: Jan. 1, 1972, Tucson, Ariz. ... Residence: Duarte, Calif. ... Height:5'3” ... Weight: 114 ... Family: wife Pam; children Amanda, Shelby,Jared and Collin. ... Web site: www.garrettgomez.com


1994 Sprint Honor the Hero 7th1999 Classic Budroyale 2nd

Juvenile Captain Steve 11thSprint Son of a Pistol 13thTurf Buck’s Boy 3rd

2000 Juvenile Scorpion 9thSprint Five Star Day 14th

2001 Sprint Five Star Day 8th2005 Classic Borrego 10th

Distaff Healthy Addiction 13thFilly & Mare Turf Flip Flop (Fr) 12thJuvenile Stevie Wonderboy 1stMile Artie Schiller 1stSprint Taste of Paradise 2ndTurf Leprechaun Kid 10th

2006 Classic Perfect Drift 8thFilly & Mare Turf Wait a While 4th

Juvenile Circular Quay 2ndJuvenile Fillies Octave 2ndLadies' Classic Happy Ticket 2ndMile Aussie Rules 8thSprint Too Much Bling 6th

2007 Classic Any Given Saturday 6thDirt Mile Discreet Cat 3rdFilly & Mare Sprint Oprah Winney 8thJuvenile Fillies Indian Blessing 1stJuvenile Turf Texas Fever 6thLadies' Classic Octave 3rdMile Host (Chi) 5thSprint Midnight Lute 1st

2008 Classic Go Between 5thDirt Mile Albertus Maximus 1stFilly & Mare Sprint Ventura 1stJuvenile Midshipman 1stJuvenile Fillies Be Smart 12thJuvenile Fillies Turf Saucey Evening 4thJuvenile Turf Paddy the Pro (Ire) 12thLadies' Classic Hystericalady 5thMarathon Zappa 7thMile Whatsthescript (Ire) 3rdSprint Midnight Lute 1st

Turf Out of Control (Brz) 5thTurf Sprint Idiot Proof 13th

2009 Classic Colonel John 5thDirt Mile Midshipman 3rdFilly & Mare Sprint Ventura 2ndFilly & Mare Turf Pure Clan 2ndJuvenile Lookin at Lucky 2ndJuvenile Fillies Always a Princess 5thJuvenile Turf Codoy 12thLadies' Classic Life Is Sweet 1stMile Courageous Cat 2ndSprint Gayego 4thTurf Sprint Delta Storm 4th

2010 Classic Blame 1stJuvenile Fillies Believe in A.P. 4thJuvenile Fillies Turf More Than Real 1stJuvenile Turf Pluck 1stLadies' Classic Malibu Prayer 10thMarathon Giant Oak 5thSprint Supreme Summit 4thTurf Sprint Due Date 6th

2011 Classic Ruler on Ice 3rdDirt Mile Tapizar 5thFilly & Mare Turf Cambina 8th

Juvenile Alpha 11thJuvenile Fillies Turf Sweet Cat 3rdJuvenile Turf Majestic City 13thLadies' Classic Miss Match 9thMarathon Cease 5thMile Get Stormy 12thTurf Sprint Broken Dreams 13th

Quick facts about Garrett Gomez:

Has won 12 Breeders’ Cup races, including three winners in the 2010edition and four in 2008. In 2010, tarnished Zenyatta’s unblemishedrecord when he rode Blame to a narrow win over the great racemare.Also in 2010, won the Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1) with More Than Realand the Juvenile Turf (G1) with Pluck. Garnered a fourth BillShoemaker Award for outstanding performance by a jockey. His threevictories are even more remarkable considering that one day prior toBreeders’ Cup was carried off the track on a stretcher and was treatedfor a shoulder injury resulting from a spill.

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Earlier, had four winners in the 2008 Breeders’ Cup, taking the FillyMare Sprint (G1) with Ventura on the first day of BC racing andwinning three races on the second day, the Juvenile (G1) withMidshipman, the Dirt Mile (G1) with Albertus Maximus and chalked uphis second victory aboard Midnight Lute in the Sprint (G1). Madehistory riding four Breeders’ Cup winners in a single year. Won histhird Bill Shoemaker Award for this feat.

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First scored with two winners in the Breeders Cup in 2005, when hetook the Juvenile (G1) with Stevie Wonderboy and the Mile (G1) withArtie Schiller. Rode another two winners in 2007, taking the JuvenileFillies (G1) with Indian Blessing and the first of his two victories in theSprint (G1)with Midnight Lute. Won his second Bill Shoemaker Awardin 2007.

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Other Breeders’ Cup wins include the 2009 Ladies Classic with Life IsSweet (G1). From 10 mounts in 2011, best finishes were a secondwith Shumoos in the G1 Breeders Cup Juvenile and a third with RulerOn Ice in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Classic. From 73 mounts in Breeders’Cup races, Gomez has 12 winners, 10 seconds and seven thirds andranks fourth among Breeders’ Cup Jockeys by Money Won with$18,487,600.

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Received the second of two Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Jockey in2008. His first was awarded in 2007.

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Top mounts in 2012 include stakes winners Jeranimo and G1Shoemaker Miles and G2 Citation Handicap; Love Theway Youare, G1Vanity Handicap; Know More, G2 Best Pal Stakes and second in theG1 Del Mar Futurity; Switch, G2 A Gleam Handicap; Bauble Queen,G2 Robert J. Frankel; Pataky Kid, G3 Arlington-Washington Futurity;Mizdirection, Rumor, Reneesgotzip, Out of Bounds, Broken Dreams.Top stakes-placed mounts are Beholder, Kettle Corn, Amani,Dhaamer, Springintheair, Jimmy Creed, Chips All In, Mega Dream,Mobilized among others.

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Currently is 13th among jockeys ranked by career earnings with over•

$194 million. Has more than 3,600 wins.

In early 2012, missed 2-1/2 months following a paddock accident onJan. 8 at Santa Anita. Suffered a broken heel, requiring surgery andwas back riding on March 22 after trying to return on March 9, thendeciding he needed more time after riding one race.

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In Aug. 2012, at Del Mar, he gave a $10,000 donation to the Winners’Foundation, which helps individuals and their families in the racingindustry with alcohol, substance abuse and mental health issues. Thedonation was given in conjunction with Caballo Press whose owner,Rudolph (Rudy) Alvarez, penned The Garrett Gomez Story: A Jockey’sJourney Through Addiction and Salvation. The donation was acombination of all of the jockey’s royalties and select proceeds fromCaballo Press.

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In 2011, was the regular rider of Blind Luck, trained by JerryHollendorfer. She was the 2010 3-year-old filly champion. UnderGomez, Blind Luck broke her streak of four runner-up finishes, winningthe La Troienne Stakes (G2) at Churchill Downs. She then capturedHollywood Park’s Vanity Stakes (G1) and then defeated odds-onHavre de Grace in the Delaware Handicap (G2).

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Has a home in California but spent part of 2010 at Monmouth Park,riding there and in New York and at Keeneland.

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Led North American jockeys in earnings for four consecutive years,2006-2009. In 2009, narrowly edge Julien Leparoux by $10,606 when

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his mounts earned $18,571,171. That year had 11 Grade 1 victories,including his first Santa Anita Derby aboard Pioneerof the Nile.

His purse earnings for 2008 topped $23.3 million, top in the nation,and he was voted a second Eclipse Award. His first was one yearearlier for his accomplishments in 2007. Had a banner year in 2007,achieving earnings of a then career high of $22.8 million. Broke JerryBailey’s record for the most stakes wins in a seasons, winning 76.

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Scored his 3,000th career win on Sept. 28, 2008, aboard Hyperbaric inthe Oak Tree Mile (G2).

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His purse earnings for 2008 topped $23.3 million, top in the nation,and he was voted a second Eclipse Award as Outstanding Jockey.Received his first one year earlier for his accomplishments in 2007.

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In 2006, he ranked first among North American jockeys in earningswith purses earnings of $20,122,592. This was two years after hisdramatic return to riding after staying away from racing for two yearswith substance abuse problems.

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Went East in 2006 to ride first call for trainer Todd Pletcher in NewYork.

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Won riding titles in 2005 when he topped the standings at HollywoodPark’s spring/summer meet with 62 wins, then added the Oak Treetitle, after riding 44 winners. Won the Hollywood Park fall title in 1998,2006 and 2007, then tied for the lead in the Santa Anita 2006-07 meet.

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Won first title at the 1997 Arlington Park meet.

In 2005, returned to top-level competition, winning his first BillShoemaker award for Breeders’ Cup excellence, after winning theJuvenile (G1) with Stevie Wonderboy and the Mile (G1) aboard ArtieShiller. His mounts earned a then career-high of $14.2 million, to givehim a ranking of fifth place. Won a total of four G1 $1 million dollarraces that year including the Breeders’ Cup victories and Del Mar’sPacific Classic and the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont, the lattertwo races with Borrego.

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Has won four $1,000,000 Pacific Classic (G1) races at Del Mar, themost for any jockey. His most recent victory was in 2008 with GoBetween. Before that, he took the 2005 edition with Borrego and twowith Skimming in 2000 and 2001.

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Scored his 2,000 win aboard Adalgia at Del Mar on Aug. 10, 2002. InDecember of that year, began his hiatus from racing due to substanceabuse issues which lasted until Sept. 10, 2004. His weight reached ahigh of 147 pounds during his absence, 30 over his riding weight. Heentered rehab on Oct. 29 (2003) and two years later, won twoBreeders’ Cup races on that day.

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Began riding in Sept. of 1988 at Santa Fe Downs in New Mexico.Moved on to Fonner Park and Ak-Sar-Ben in Nebraska.

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JAMES GRAHAM

Born: May 17, 1979 in Dublin, Ireland ... Residence: Arlington Heights,Ill. and New Orleans ... Height: 5'2" ... Weight: 115 lbs. ... Family: wifeLisa; daughter, Hannah; son Christopher.


2007 Turf Transduction Gold 8th2010 Filly & Mare Turf Hot Cha Cha 5th2011 Juvenile Take Charge Indy 5th

Turf Sprint Country Day 2nd

Quick facts about James Graham:

A decade into his career, James Graham consistently ranks amongthe nation’s top jockeys while concentrating his efforts at Fair Grounds,Arlington Park, and Keeneland Race Course.

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Through Sept. 23, 2012, Graham is 27 winners from hitting the 1,500milestone, and his mounts have earned $44,535,861.

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Despite his consistent success at racing’s highest levels, Graham hashad only four Breeders’ Cup mounts through 2011, with a second andtwo fifths bringing home checks.

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Growing up in Ireland with six siblings, Graham said he was not agood student so he followed a teacher’s advice to enroll in a school forjockeys. Upon completing the course, he went to work for a racehorsetrainer where he furthered his education of riding while enhancing hishorsemanship skills by doing menial chores like cleaning stalls andgrooming horses.

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Graham earned his first winner on July 1, 2003 at River Downs inCincinnati, Ohio and soon became a sought-after rising star at FairGrounds in New Orleans that winter and then Arlington Park inChicago during the summer of 2004.

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With limited opportunities in his native Ireland, Graham relocated toLexington, Ky. in 2002 and quickly gained a reputation as ahardworking exercise rider at Keeneland Race Course. The next year,he obtained his jockey’s license.

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He is recognized by his peers as a determined, yet humble,competitor.

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BRIAN HERNANDEZ JR.

Born: Nov. 3, 1985 in Lafayette, La. ... Residence: Louisville, Ky. ...Height: 5'4" ... Weight: 112 ... Family: wife, Jamie ... Education: Highschool graduate.


2011 Turf Sprint Rapport 6th

Quick facts about Brian Hernandez Jr.:

Brian Hernandez Jr. will be making his second start in the Breeders’Cup World Championships, heading into the Classic aboard FortLarned, owned by Janis Whitham, who campaigned two-time winner ofthe Breeders’ Cup Distaff (now the Ladies’ Classic) Bayakoa with herlate husband, Frank. In his Breeders’ Cup debut in 2011, the riderfinished sixth aboard Rapport in the Turf Sprint.

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A victory in the Whitney Handicap with Fort Larned at historic SaratogaRace Course was the farthest thing from Hernandez’ mind as heopened his jockey apprenticeship at Evangeline Downs smack in themiddle of Louisiana’s Cajun country. Topping off the experience wasthe presentation of the silver trophy by the First Lady of Saratoga,Mary Lou Whitney. The victory was the first G1 win for the rider.

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Swept the two major races at Indiana Downs on Oct. 6, taking the•

Indiana Derby aboard Neck ‘n Neck, trained by Ian Wilkes, and theIndiana Oaks with Grace Hall for trainer Tony Dutrow. He was subbingon Grace Hall for Ramon Dominguez, who was riding at Belmont Parkthat day. Also on Hernandez’ resume is riding Rachel Alexandra in herfirst six starts. He won twice with her.

Was leading rider at Ellis Park and Kentucky Downs in 2012. Rides theKentucky circuit and moves to New Orleans’ Fair Grounds in thewinter.

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Won his 1,000th race on Aug. 18, 2012 at Ellis Park. As of Oct. 9,2012, the 25-year-old Hernandez had purse earnings of $3.8 millionand career earnings of $28.5 million.

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Got involved with horses at age 11 by working at a farm owned byDale Angelle, where he groomed, mucked stalls and eventuallygalloped horses. At 16, got his exercise rider’s license and gallopedhorses. Began riding as an apprentice while in high school, ridingraces at night and attending school in the daytime.

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Seemed to be destined for the racetrack, following the lead of hisfather, who began racing at bush tracks in rural Louisiana against thelikes of Kent Desormeaux, Calvin Borel and Robby Albarado beforemoving on to Evangeline Downs and Delta Downs, both in Louisiana,where he still rides. Brian Jr. rode against his father while anapprentice. Even has a winner’s circle photo where he finished behindhis father. Younger brother, Colby, 23, also rides at Evangeline Downsand Delta Downs.

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RICHARD HUGHES

Born: Jan. 11, 1973, in Dublin, Ireland ... Residence: CollingbourneDucis, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England ... Height: 5' 9'' ... Weight: 118 ...Family: wife Lizzie (daughter of trainer Richard Hannon) and twochildren.


2002 Filly & Mare Turf Zenda (GB) 8th2003 Mile Oasis Dream (GB) 10th2011 Mile Strong Suit 10th

Quick facts about Richard Hughes:

Almost missed taking part in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup, his first since2003, due to 15 days of suspension which he suffered following twoinfringements against the recently-imposed new whip regulations.However, these were overturned when the British HorseracingAuthority decided to water down its new regulat ions andretrospectively erase any suspensions incurred. Hughes was soincensed at the injustice of the initial punishment that he gave up hisriding licence altogether and refused to ride again until the rules hadbeen amended.

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Richard Hughes became just the second jockey in British racinghistory to ride seven winners on a card, accomplishing that feat at

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Windsor Racecourse on Oct. 15 2012. He won seven out of eightraces on the card, and finished third in the other race. Frankie Dettoriis the only other jockey to ride seven winners on a card in Britain whendoing so on Queen Elizabeth II Stakes day at Ascot in 1996. “I feelover the moon,” Hughes said in the Racing Post. “I always said I mightdo it one day at Windsor - my lucky track. Without Richard Hannon Iwouldn’t be doing any of it.”

Notched a personal best of 144 winners in 2009 but surpassed that in2010 when he took a duel for the British Jockeys’ Championship withPaul Hanagan to the final day of the season, his eventual total of 189winners leaving him two adrift of his rival. In 2012 he is finally going tobecome Champion Jockey for the first time as, up to Oct. 23, he hadridden 167 winners, leaving him 49 clear of his nearest rival with lessthan three weeks remaining during the season.

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He has had a series of successful winter riding stints in India and in2009-10 won India’s first four classics, including the Derby, aboardJacqueline. However, his participation there almost cost him the BritishJockeys Championship in 2012 as a 50-day suspension he picked upfor ‘not riding to instructions’ at Mumbai in April meant that he wasunable to ride during the first month of the British season. In the end itdid not matter - he won the title anayway.

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In 2001, Hughes accepted the offer of being the retained jockey forPrince Khalid Abdullah, which he maintained until standing down inlate 2007. Since then he has been operating as a freelance with hisfather-in-law, Richard Hannon, supplying most of his rides.

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He is the only big name flat jockey to have ridden regularly overhurdles in the recent past – notching over 40 victories including the1997 Irish Champion Hurdle on Cockney Lad (Ire). He is adamant thathe will fulfill his ambition of riding at least once over steeplechasefences before he ends his career.

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Hughes is very tall for his profession and his riding style is reminiscentof another oversized jockey, Lester Piggott, who was Hughes’schildhood hero. He has had weight problems, but in recent years hehas managed to ride at 118 lbs.

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His first Group 1 success came in 1995 in the Gran Premio D’Italia inMilan on the Paul Cole-trained Posidonas. In 1996, Hughes won hisfirst Classic when partnering the David Loder-trained Bahamian Knightto victory in the G2 Derby Italiano. His career total of top level wins

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now stands at 29, with 2010 having brought a career best tally of six,including a trio aboard Canford Cliffs who went on to add two more in2011.

At the age of 15 he was apprenticed to his father, partnering sixwinners in his first season with his first success coming on VikingMelody (Ire) at Roscommon in August 1988. Six years and 150 winslater he moved to Britain to ride work for Richard Hannon and MickChannon. In 1995 he became stable jockey for Lambourn trainer MickChannon, for whom he rode the G2 King’s Stand Stakes winner,Piccolo (GB), at Royal Ascot.

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Son of former top jump jockey and now successful trainer, DessieHughes. With this background, Hughes was always destined for acareer in racing, and he started riding at five and won his first ponyrace at eight years old.

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PATRICK HUSBANDS

Born: May 22, 1973, in Bridgetown, Barbados ... Residence: Brampton,Ontario, Canada ... Height: 5’6” ... Weight: 115 ... Family: Single.


2000 Turf Williams News 13th2001 Juvenile Fillies Jealous Forum 8th2004 Juvenile Fillies Higher World 12th2006 Juvenile Skip Code 9th2007 Juvenile Fillies Clearly Foxy 6th2008 Filly & Mare Turf Sealy Hill 2nd2010 Turf Sprint Grand Adventure 9th

Quick facts about Patrick Husbands:

Husbands’ most recent Breeders’ Cup mount was Grand Adventure inthe 2010 Turf Sprint, on which he finished ninth.

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He has ridden in eight Breeders’ Cup races, his only in-the-moneyfinish coming when he finished second by three-quarters of a length onSealy Hill in 2008 in the Filly and Mare Turf.

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Consistently one of the top 20 jockeys in North America, Husbandshas earned a record seven Sovereign Awards as Outstanding Jockeyin Canada, his first in 1999. He won four in a row from 1999 to 2002,

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then another three in a row from 2007 through 2009. “I certainly wantto win more Sovereign awards, but winning a Breeders’ Cup race orthe Kentucky Derby remains a priority for me,” said Husbands.Husbands was the first rider in Canadian racing history to win threeSovereign Awards in a row.

Among the jockey’s 2012 notable wins: the Alcibiades (G1) with Springin the Air; the Ontario Derby with Stealcase; the Natalma Stakes (G2)with Spring Venture; the Royal North (G3), the Whimsical Stakes (G3)and the Hendrie Stakes (G2) with Roxy Gap; the Selene (G3) andPrince of Wales with Dixie Strike.

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Husbands has won three of the last four renewals of the HendrieStakes: 2012 with Roxy Gap, 2011 with Embur’s Song, and 2009 withSmart Surprise.

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Husbands’ 2011 stakes wins came in the Ontario Lassie with DixieStrike; and a number of Grade 3 races: Valedictory with Eagle Poise;Ontario Colleen with Anne’s Beauty; Seagram Cup with James Street;and Ontario Matron, Hendrie, and the listed Windward Stakes withEmbur’s Song.

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He won the second of his four Hendrie Stakes (G3) with SmartSurprise in 2009.

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Husbands won five races on a card four times at Woodbine: Aug. 16,2002; Nov. 27, 2008; Aug. 20, 2011; and Aug. 27, 2011. Four of hisfive wins on Aug. 16, 2002 came for trainer Mark Casse.

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Based at Woodbine, Husbands earned six riding titles at Woodbine•

between 1999 and 2009. Agent Gary Kemplen has his book.

He earned his 2,000th career victory on Oct. 4, 2009 at Woodbineaboard Grazette’s Landing for trainer Mark Casse.

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In 2007, he swept the Canadian Triple Tiara for 3-year-old fillies(Labatt Woodbine Oaks, Bison City Stakes. and Wonder WhereStakes) with Sealy Hill, who went on to become Canada’s 2007 Horseof the Year while taking home Sovereign Awards for Champion3-Year-Old Filly and Champion Female Turf Horse as well. Sealy Hillwas the first horse to sweep the series.

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He had his first mounts in the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks in2006 aboard Seaside Retreat and Top Notch Lady, respectively. Hefinished 10th in the Derby and 8th in the Oaks.

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Husbands won the 2003 Canadian Triple Crown (G1 Queen’s Plate,G1 Prince of Wales, and G1 Breeders’ Stakes) with Wando, the firsthorse in 10 years to sweep the three races.

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His native country of Barbados honored him for his Triple Crown featand bestowed upon him the Barbados Service Star (BSS) in 2003.

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Husbands’ brother Simon persuaded him to join him in riding inCanada. He started out at Fort Erie and won his first Woodbine stakesin 1998. He credits trainer Reade Baker with his first break in Canada.

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He was the youngest rider ever to win the prestigious Cockspur Cup inhis hometown in Barbados at age 16, and he won the riding title atGarrison Savannah in 1993.

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THIERRY JARNET

Born: March 24, 1967 ... Residence: Maisons-Laffitte, Paris, France.


1992 Turf Subotica (Fr) 5th1993 Mile Ski Paradise 2nd

Turf Dernier Empereur 12th1994 Turf Intrepidity (GB) 4th1995 Turf Carnegie (Ire) 3rd1996 Turf Luna Wells (Ire) 10th

Quick facts about Thierry Jarnet:

Took back-to-back Prix du Maurice de Gheest (G1) aboard MoonlightCloud in 2011 and 2012. Additional Group wins with Moonlight Clousinclude Prix de la Port Maillot (G3) in 2011, and Prix du Moulin deLongchamp (G1) and Prix du Palais-Royal (G3) in 2012.

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Jarnet won the French 2,000 Guineas (G1) with Tin Horse (Ire) andthe Prix Daniel Wildenstein (G2) with Rajsaman in 2011.

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Following his victory aboard Corre Caminos in the 2006 Prix Ganay hewent over five years without a Group 1 winner and in 2009 dropped toa lowly 37th in the French Jockeys’ Championship. But he broke thattop level drought in 2011 when guiding Tin Horse to land the Poule

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d’Essai des Poulains and he has since built up a fine association withMoonlight Cloud, winning five of their eight outings together, includingthree Group 1 races. He finished 17th in the 2011 French title racewith 63 wins and, up to Oct. 23, is in 14th place in 2012 with 60 winsfrom 493 rides.

Over the past few years, Jarnet has played a much less prominent rolein the French jockeys’ championship but has instead concentrated onhelping his partner, Sandrine Tarrou, with her burgeoning trainingbusiness at Maisons-Laffitte.

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Jarnet was very much playing second fiddle to Peslier in the Fabrepecking order by 1999 and at the end of that season their nine-yearassociation came to an end.

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Two serious injuries, ironically both caused by falls in the paddockbefore races, blighted his career in the late nineties. He had to havepart of his spleen removed and missed five weeks of the 1997 seasonthen, a year later, was out for three and a half months having fracturedeight bones including the tibia in his left leg.

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Won numerous big races during his period as champion, including asecond Arc in 1994 aboard Carnegie and, in England, the 1994Dewhurst Stakes and the 1995 2,000 Guineas on Pennekamp, who herates as the best horse he has ridden. However, his record in theFrench classics is surprisingly modest – his solitary successes havingbeen provided by Sunshack in the 1995 Prix Royal-Oak (St Leger) andBluemamba in the 2000 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (1,000 Guineas).

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After finishing second to Dominique Boeuf in 1991, Jarnet won 124races from 807 rides in 1992 to become Champion Jockey for the firsttime. He won the “Cravache d’Or” (jockeys’ title) for the next threeyears, but in 1995 he finished only three winners in front of OlivierPeslier, who by that time was riding the many horses that Fabretrained for Daniel Wildenstein, and he was duly relegated into secondplace the following season.

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Career really took off when he signed up to ride for the brilliant AndreFabre in Nov. 1990. Coincidentally, his very first ride for the training

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maestro was a winning one aboard Subotica, who went on to providehim with his first Group 1 victory, in the 1991 Grand Prix de Paris, notto mention a famous triumph in the following year’s Prix de l’Arc deTriomphe.

Rode his first winner in Feb. 1985 at Cagnes-Sur-Mer on Danini.Apprenticed to Patrick Rago at Maisons-Laffitte then Yann Porzier atChantilly, he made steady progress with a further 136 winners inFrance between 1986 and 1990.

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CHRISTOPHE PATRICE (KNOWN AS CHRISTOPHE) LEMAIRE

Born: May 1979 in Chantilly, France. ... Weight: 116.


2010 Turf Behkabad (Fr) 3rd2011 Juvenile Fillies Turf Dear Lavinia 14th

Turf Sarafina (Fr) 4th

Quick facts about Christophe Patrice (known as Christophe)Lemaire:

Enjoyed his first big win in the United States in Aug. 2012 whenlanding the Secretariat Stakes at Arlington aboard Bayrir.

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Among his Group 1 wins in 2012 going into the Breeders’ Cup werethe Prix Saint Alary with Sagawara (GB); Prix Vermeille and YorkshireOaks with Shareta (Ire); and Prix de l’Opera with Ridasiyna, who alsogave him the Prix Chloe (G3) for 14 Group race wins by Oct. 24, 2012.

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Won the 2011 Melbourne Cup (G1) aboard Dunaden, among his 11Group wins internationally that year.

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Is currently employed as retained jockey to owner H.H. The Aga Khan,following the sudden dismissal of Johnny Murtagh in Aug. 2012.

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Has been a winter visitor to Japan since 2007 and has won sevenGrade 1 races there, including the Japan Cup (Vodka), the Japan CupDirt (Kane Hekili (Jpn)), and the Arima Kinen (Heart’s Cry).

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Finished a career best fifth in the 2007 French Jockeys’ Championshipwith 101 wins, much thanks to his new contract to partner Jean-ClaudeRouget’s runners on the Paris tracks. In 2008, he slipped back to sixthin the Championship with 94 wins from 662 rides. In 2009, it wasseventh (89 wins), in 2010 sixth (again 89 wins), in 2011 8th (90 wins)and, up to Oct 23, he is in fifth place in 2012 with 87 wins.

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Enjoyed his first Group 1 success in the Prix Jean Prat in June 2003aboard Vespone. Has won 32 more European Group 1s since thenthrough 2012 including the Prix du Jockey-Club (Le Havre (Ire)), thePrix de Diane (three times, Sarafina (Fr), Divine Proportions, Stacelita(Fr)), the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (twice, Divine Proportions,Elusive Wave (Ire)), the English 1,000 Guineas (Natagora (Fr)), theEnglish 2,000 Guineas (Makfi (GB)) and the Champion Stakes (twice,Pride (Fr), Literato (Fr)). Also has won the Hong Kong Cup (Pride) andthe Dubai Sheema Classic (Heart’s Cry (Jpn)). Prize money-wise, thebiggest success of his entire career came in Nov. 2011 when he wonthe Melbourne Cup aboard Dunaden.

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His parents did not allow him to leave school until the age of 18, whenhe joined the yard of the great Andre Fabre, where he spent threeyears.

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JULIEN LEPAROUX

Born: July 15, 1983 in Senlis, France ... Residence: Louisville, Ky. ...Height: 5'5" ... Weight: 108 ... Family: Single.


2006 Filly & Mare Turf Mauralakana (Fr) 7thJuvenile Fillies Her Majesty 13thLadies' Classic Asi Siempre 2ndMile Gorella (Fr) 7th

2007 Filly & Mare Sprint La Traviata 6thFilly & Mare Turf Danzon 10thJuvenile Fillies Irish Smoke 12thJuvenile Turf Nownownow 1stMile Cosmonaut 3rdTurf Shamdinan (Fr) 2nd

2008 Filly & Mare Turf Forever Together 1stJuvenile Turf Ninth Client 9th

2009 Classic Einstein (Brz) 11thDirt Mile Furthest Land 1stFilly & Mare Sprint Informed Decision 1stFilly & Mare Turf Forever Together 3rdJuvenile Aspire 12thJuvenile Fillies She Be Wild 1st

Juvenile Fillies Turf Lisa’s Kitten 10thJuvenile Turf Becky’s Kitten 9thLadies' Classic Rainbow View 5thTurf Red Rocks (Ire) 5thTurf Sprint Silver Timber 6th

2010 Classic Fly Down 3rdDirt Mile Cool Coal Man 4thFilly & Mare Sprint Informed Decision 7thJuvenile Rogue Romance 3rdJuvenile Fillies Harlan’s Ruby 8thJuvenile Fillies Turf Kathmanblu 3rdLadies' Classic It’s Tea Time 4thMarathon Gabriel’s Hill 3rdMile Society’s Chairman 9thSprint Warrior’s Reward 5thTurf Al khali 7thTurf Sprint Silver Timber 5th

Quick facts about Julien Leparoux:

Has won five Breeders’ Cup races including three in 2009 – the Fillyand Mare Sprint with Informed Decision, Dirt Mile with Furthest Land,and the Juvenile Fillies with She Be Wild. That feat in 2009 earned himthe Shoemaker Award, as he was only the second jockey in history to

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win three BC races on a single card (Garrett Gomex being the otherone) ... His best finish from 10 mounts in 2011 was a second in theMile aboard Turallure.

Best mounts in 2012 have been My Miss Aurelia, Balance the Books,Marketing Mix, Sum of the Parts, Tapitsfly and Union Rags ... Hasridden Kentucky Derby favorites the last two years. Rode Union Rags,the second choice at post time, to a seventh-place finish in 2012 andDialed In to an 8th place finish in 2011. Other graded stakes winnersridden in 2011 included Never Retreat, Quiet Giant, My Miss Aurelia,Dominus, Wasted Tears, Derby Kitten, S.S. Stone, Doubles Partner,and Kathmanblu.

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After winning seven races in the first two days of the fall 2011Keeneland meeting, Leparoux added an eighth win on the third daybefore he was thrown over the rail when his mount in the BourbonStakes (G3), Here Comes Frazier, spooked and bounced off the innerrail. He rode the next race, but his injured right hand continued to showsoreness, although without a fracture or tendon tear, so he took off alleight scheduled mounts on the Oct. 12 Keeneland card.

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Moved his tack to New York for the Belmont Park and Saratoga meets... Is planning to remain in California to ride full-time following theBreeders’ Cup ... Is engaged to Shea Mitchell, daughter of trainerSouthern California-based trainer Mike Mitchell.

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Top mounts in 2010 included champion Informed Decision; Grade 1winners Karelian, My Jen, and Warrior’s Reward; graded stakeswinners Kathmanblu, Dancinginherdreams, Successful Dan,

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Maybesomaybenot, Awesome Act, Silver Timber, Nordic Truce, AmenHallelujah, Check the Label, Buckleupbuttercup, Custom for Carlos,Rogue Romance, and Rainbow View

Involved in a spill in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2) at PimlicoRace Course on May 14, 2010, but rode Pleasant Prince to finish 11thin the Preakness Stakes the following afternoon ... A few days later, hewas diagnosed with a vertebrae compression fracture that sent him tothe sidelines for several weeks ... Rode sparingly before returning toaction full time in mid-July at the start of the Saratoga Race Coursemeeting where he finished fourth in the jockey standings.

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Became just the fourth jockey in history to win Eclipse Awards as anapprentice and journeyman when he won the 2009 Eclipse Award afterearning the honor in 2006 ... The only other three with the rare doubleare Steve Cauthen, Kent Desoromeaux, and Chris McCarron, who areall in Racing’s Hall of Fame.

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On Nov. 11, 2008, he rode seven winners on a single card at ChurchillDowns, tying the record set by Pat Day 24 years before, on June 20,1984. A year earlier, on June 27, 2007, Leparoux rode six winners ona single card at Churchill Downs, tying five other jockeys for the feat.

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The son of former jockey-turned-trainer Robert Leparoux, he grew uparound racing in Chanti l ly, France, and rode competi t ivehunter/jumpers until his father allowed him to begin a racing career atage 18. He said he knew he wanted to be a jockey from the time hewas five ... Father passed away in 2003 ... Went to Southern Californiain Jan. of 2003 to work as an exercise rider for trainer Patrick

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Biancone. As Leparoux’s riding talents became evident, Bianconemade Leparoux his first-call rider ... Leparoux’s agent since thebeginning of his career has been former jockey Steve Bass.

Owns riding titles at Turfway Park (shattered record for victories duringthe 2006 winter-spring and fall meets), Churchill Downs (first bug boyto do so since 1949, and has also won as a journeyman), andKeeneland (first apprentice in history to earn a title at the Lexingtonoval, and won his sixth riding title there in the fall of 2010).

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Was involved in a dramatic spill during Keeneland’s 2006 spring•

meeting in which he was tossed over the rail just a few yards beforethe finish line ... Neither he nor his mount were injured and themoment was captured in a photograph that earned a media EclipseAward.

Launched his career at Saratoga in 2005 and his first win came thereaboard Easter Guardian on Aug. 18.

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First stakes victory was on Feb. 11, 2006 at Turfway aboard CatQuatorze in the Likely Exchange ... Earned his first Grade 1 victory onAug. 12, 2006 aboard Gorella in the Beverly D. at Arlington Park.

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JUAN LEYVA

Born: in Mexico.


2011 Filly & Mare Sprint Musical Romance 1st

Quick facts about Juan Leyva:

One year after winning his first Breeders’ Cup race in his debut, Leyvawill once again partner with Musical Romance as they attempt to win

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the Filly and Mare Sprint for the second straight year.

Has ridden the 2011 Champion Female Sprinter to eight stakesvictories between 2011 and 2012 ... In addition to Musical Romance’sBreeders’ Cup victory, she and Leyva also won the 2012 PrincessRooney Handicap (G1) and 2011 Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes(G2).

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First stakes win came aboard Dream On Dream On in the 2005Needles Stakes at Calder Race Course ... First graded stakes victorywas aboard How’s Your Halo in the 2009 Richter Scale Sprint (G2).

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RAJIV MARAGH

Born: July 9, 1985, Jamaica ... Residence: Elmont, N.Y. ... Height: 5'4"... Weight: 114 ... Family: single; father Collin was a jockey in his nativeJamaica and later embarked on a training career in South Florida …Brother Shamir is currently an apprentice rider who got his first win atCalder Race Course on May 9, 2010.


2009 Juvenile Fillies Juvenile Fillies 6thLadies' Classic Music Note 3rd

2010 Classic Musket Man 7thDirt Mile Tizway 5thJuvenile Turf Air Support 9th

2011 Dirt Mile Caleb’s Posse 1stFilly & Mare Turf Distorted Legacy 4thJuvenile Fillies Miss Netta 6thLadies' Classic Pachattack 3rd

Quick facts about Rajiv Maragh:

Maragh earned his first Breeders’ Cup win aboard Caleb’s Posse inthe 2011 Dirt Mile at Churchill Downs. His other four mounts that yearincluded Pachattack, third in the Ladies’ Classic.

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Maragh’s first Breeders’ Cup mounts came in 2009, with his best finishbeing a third aboard Music Note in the Ladies’ Classic … Maraghreturned with three Breeders’ Cup mounts in 2010, but his best finishwas a fifth in the Dirt Mile aboard Tizway.

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Enjoyed a breakthrough year in 2011, winning 14 graded stakesevents, including several major events on the New York circuit – theWhitney Invitational Handicap (G1) and Metropolitan Handicap (G1)with Tizway, the King’s Bishop Stakes (G1) with eventual Breeders’Cup winner Caleb’s Posse, and the Hopeful Stakes (G1) with CurrencySwap. He also piloted graded winners Mucho Macho Man – whofinished third in the Kentucky Derby – Adios Charlie, Fantasia (GB),Giants Play, Birdrun, and Air Support.

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Was handed a 10-day suspension for careless riding of Isn’t HePerfect in the 2011 Belmont Stakes. The suspension was reduced to 7days when Maragh waived his right to appeal. A couple of jumps afterbreaking from the gate, Maragh came over onto Mucho Macho Man,ridden by Ramon Dominguez, who severely bumped favorite andKentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, causing him to stumble andnearly go to his knees. Jockey John Velazquez lost a stirrup andbarely stayed on.

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Top mounts of 2010 included Louisiana Derby (G2) winner MissionImpazible, whom he rode to a 13th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby.He also rode graded stakes winners Wasted Tears, Odysseus, andKrypton.

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A regular on the NYRA circuit, Maragh rode his first Saratoga Race•

Course meet in 2008 and has finished in the top 10 in the standingsthere every year since.

Reached the 1,000-win mark on Feb. 26, 2010 aboard Mint Maker atGulfstream Park on the turf for trainer Teresa Pompay.

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Started Aqueduct’s inner track meet off on the right foot in 2008,winning five races for five different trainers in the first three days.

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Took home leading apprentice honors at the Meadowlands in 2004and was runner-up in overall standings there in 2005 and 2006 aftermoving from Florida.

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Struggled to get good mounts in Florida, but caught the eye of retiredHall of Fame rider Angel Cordero Jr., who brought him to New York in2004.

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He arrived in America at age 13, and after high school graduation,began to work at farms in Florida and galloped horses for his father,who gave him his first opportunity to ride competitively.

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Father was a jockey in Jamaica, and his mother’s brother was ajockey. Maragh grew up around horses but had to earn his high schooldiploma before his parents would allow him to ride competitively.

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Known as a devout student of the game, he studies the Daily RacingForm every day and can often be found watching replays in his sparetime.

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COREY NAKATANI

Born: Oct. 21, 1970, Covina, Calif. ... Residence: Garden City, NewYork, also owns a home in Glendora, Calif. ... Height: 5’2” ... Weight:113 ... Family: wife, Lisa and children, Brittany, Matthew and Austin (withMichelle Dollase), stepdaughter Tayler and Lila, his daughter with wife,Lisa.


1990 Mile Itsallgreektome 2nd1992 Mile Forty Niner Days 7th1993 Distaff Miss Dominique 3rd

Distaff Re Toss (Arg) 3rdJuvenile Winning Pact 5th

1994 Classic Dramatic Gold 3rdJuvenile Fillies Serena’s Song 2ndSprint Harlan 4th

1995 Distaff Golden Klair (GB) 6thJuvenile Odyle 9thMile Sayyedati (GB) 3rdSprint Lit de Justice 3rd

1996 Classic Atticus 8thDistaff Jewel Princess 1stJuvenile Zippersup 7th

Mile Helmsman 6thSprint Lit de Justice 1stTurf Windsharp 5th

1997 Classic Deputy Commander 2ndDistaff Jewel Princess dnfJuvenile Fillies Career Collection 2ndMile Helmsman 10thSprint Elmhurst 1st

1998 Classic Gentlemen (Arg) dnfJuvenile The Groom is Red 6thJuvenile Fillies Emanating 5thMile Military 12thSprint Reraise 1stTurf Yagli 2nd

1999 Classic Chester House 4thDistaff Manistique 8thFilly & Mare Turf Caffe Latte (Ire) 4thJuvenile Hugh Hefner 13thMile Silic (FR) 1stSprint Regal Thunder 8th

2000 Filly & Mare Turf Caffe Latte (Ire) 9thMile Distant Music 10thSprint Caller One 4thTurf Manndar (Ire) 8th

2001 Filly & Mare Turf England’s Legend (Fr) 11thMile Forbidden Apple 2ndSprint Caller One 3rdTurf Blazing Fury 4th

2002 Mile Forbidden Apple 4thSprint Swept Overboard 8th

2003 Classic Dynever 3rdDistaff Elloluv 2ndFilly & Mare Turf Voodoo Dancer 7th

2004 Classic Dynever 8thDistaff Elloluv 7thFilly & Mare Turf Megahertz (GB) 11thJuvenile Roman Ruler 5thJuvenile Fillies Sweet Catomine 1stMile Blackdoun (Fr) 7thSprint Pt’s Grey Eagle 8thTurf Strut the Stage 7th

2005 Juvenile Jealous Profit 10thTurf Fourty Nner’s Son 9th

2006 Classic Lava Man 7thDistaff Balletto (UAE) 4thFilly & Mare Turf Dancing Edie 8thJuvenile Great Hunter 3rdJuvenile Fillies Cash Included 5th

Mile Aragorn (Ire) 2ndSprint Thor’s Echo 1st

2011 Classic Ice Box 8thFilly & Mare Sprint Champagne d’Oro 6thFilly & Mare Turf Dynaslew 11thJuvenile Speightcity 9thJuvenile Fillies My Miss Aurelia 1stJuvenile Fillies Turf Ann of the Dance 13thSprint Jackson Bend 3rdTurf Sprint Regally Ready 1st

Quick facts about Corey Nakatani:

Has nine Breeders’ Cup victories to date from 73 mounts. In 2011,scored his second Breeders’ Cup double, winning Breeders CupJuvenile Fillies aboard My Miss Aurelia and the Breeders’ Cup Sprintaboard Regally Ready. Both were trained by Steve Asmussen, whomNakatani rode extensively for … Scored an earlier Breeders’ Cupdouble in 1996, taking the G1 Sprint with Lit de Justice and the G1Distaff with Jewel Princess ... Prior to 2011, had not ridden in theBreeders’ Cup since 2006.

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Ranks ninth among jockeys in Breeders’ Cup purse money won with$11,733,980 … His other Breeders’ Cup wins were the 2004 JuvenileFillies aboard Sweet Catomine, the 1999 Mile aboard Silic and arecord four Breeders’ Cup Sprints – Thor’s Echo (2006), Reraise

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(1998), Elmhurst (1997) and Lit de Justice.

Has spent most of his career in Southern California but experimentedwith riding on East Coast for 15 months prior to the start of the 2012Del Mar meet, commuting back and forth from his home in LaVerne.Returned to Santa Anita to ride first call for Asmussen during the2010-2011 winter/spring meet. Had ridden previously on the EastCoast in 2001.

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Won the 2011 Forego Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course aboardJackson Bend to loudly make his presence heard in the New Yorkriding colony; also won the James Marvin Stakes at Saratoga withJackson Bend.

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Became just the third jockey in history to win six races on one card atBelmont Park as he went 6 for 7 on the 10-race program Oct. 8, 2011.The victories included two Grade 1 stakes wins – the Frizette on MyMiss Aurelia and the Jamaica aboard Western Aristocrat.

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In 2012, Top mounts include Jackson Bend, G1 Carter Handicap; Cityto City, won two G2 events, Buena Vista and John C. Mabee Stakes(G2); Macho Macho G2 West Virginia Derby; Reneesgotzip, G2 SantaYnez and second in the Las Virgenes (G1); Tapizar, San FernandoG2; Rothko, Hamazing Destiny and other stakes winners Brushed byA Star Chokecherymary, Master Rick, Glinda the Good, andstakes-placed Nonios (second in the G1 Haskell), Via Villagio (third inthe G1 Alabama), Sabercat (third in the G1 Arkansas Derby); Nehro,Brigand; Awe’ Some Kitten, Graser, Tones, Trix in the City, SmartPenny among others.

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Though he has had 15 Kentucky Derby mounts, the big prize haseluded him, although he came close in 2011 when Nehro finishedsecond to Animal Kingdom ... He has won the Kentucky Oaks twice,with Lite Light in 1991 and with Pike Place Dancer in 1996, ironicallyboth for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.

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Hit the 3,000 win mark on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2006, on aday he rode four winners at Hollywood Park. His fourth winner thatday, was aboard Shakin N Dancin, reaching the 3,000 mark. In therace prior to his milestone 3,000th victory, Nakatani won theShoemaker Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) aboard Aragorn.

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Rode Lava Man to two (2006 and 2007) of his three consecutiveHollywood Gold Cups (2005-2007) victories. Native Diver is the onlyother runner to date to win three consecutive Hollywood Gold Cups …Nakatani also won two Santa Anita Handicaps aboard the legendaryclaimer (2006-07), haltered by trainer Doug O’Neill for $50,000 andretired with earnings of $5,268,706. In 2006, the duo won a SouthernCalifornia triple, winning the three top Grade 1 races the Santa AnitaHandicap, the Hollywood Gold Cup and the Pacific Classic.

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Wed wife Lisa in Dec. 2005. Lisa is a registered nurse working atArcadia Methodist Hospital, across the street from Santa Anita.

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Tragedy hit Nakatani hard over a three-year period beginning with thedeath of a nephew from leukemia in the spring of 1995. His sister,Dawn, died of asphyxiation in an apparent murder in Oct. 1996, andhis father Roy died of a heart attack in the spring of 1997.

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Moved his tack to Southern California in April 1989. Has won meettitles at Santa Anita, Hollywood, Del Mar and Oak Tree.

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After graduating from jockey school in Castaic, Calif., Nakatani beganrace-riding at Caliente in Mexico in the fall of 1988. Won his first racethere on Blue King in a dead heat.

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After three days of mucking stalls and walking horses, Corey wantedto ride even though he’d never been on a horse. Stein suggested thathe get some experience at a working farm. Nakatani learned the ropeson the Thoroughbred farm of agent Tony Matos, then broke andgalloped horses for Hall of Fame jockey and trainer Johnny Longdenand Longden’s son, Eric.

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A champion high school wrestler, Nakatani actually got his firstglimpse of racing after a wrestling tournament. On the way home, heand his father stopped at Santa Anita to watch a couple of races.Nakatani was intrigued, and eventually approached trainer Roger Steinfor work.

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An avid golfer, Nakatani carries a three handicap ... Participatesregularly in Isuzu Celebrity Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe.

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His late father Roy Nakatani, a Japanese American, was born in aWorld War II internment camp in Colorado and spent time at SantaAnita when it was a relocation camp.

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ANNA - GOES BY ROSIE NAPRAVNIK

Born: Feb. 9, 1988, Mendham, N.J. ... Residence: New Orleans, La. ...Height: 5'2" ... Weight: 111 ... Family: Husband Joe Sharp.


2010 Filly & Mare Turf Forever Together 6thJuvenile Turf Rough Sailing dnf

Quick facts about Anna - Goes by Rosie Napravnik:

First Breeders’ Cup mounts came in 2010 – Forever Together in theFilly & Mare Turf (G1), and Rough Sailing in the Juvenile Turf. ForeverTogether finished sixth, and Rough Sailing lost his footing and tossedthe rider going into the first turn of the event ... She did not have anymounts in 2011.

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Napravnik became the first female rider to win the prestigiousKentucky Oaks (G1) on May 4, 2012, taking the classic for filliesaboard Brereton Jones’ homebred Believe You Can.

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Napravnik moved her tack to New York to ride the NYRA circuitfull-time in the spring of 2012. Competing against one of the toughestjockey colonies in the country, she finished fourth in the standings atBelmont Park’s spring/summer meeting. Her 35 victories included thePeter Pan Stakes (G2) aboard Mark Valeski.

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Napravnik finished eighth in the standings with 21 winners at her firstfull Saratoga Race Course meeting in 2012. Her victories included theHopeful Stakes (G2) aboard Shanghai Bobby, the Sanford Stakes(G2) on Bern Identity, and the Adirondack Stakes (G2) on Kauai Katie.

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In 2011, Napravnik became the first woman in history to earn a ridingtitle at Fair Grounds Race Course when she rode 110 winners, easilyoutpacing her closest rival, James Graham with 76, in her first seasonat the Louisiana oval.

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She became the first female to take the $1 million Louisiana Derby(G2) when she did so aboard Kelly Breen trainee Pants On Fire in2011.

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Napravnik was just the sixth female rider in history to contest theKentucky Derby when she finished ninth aboard Pants On Fire in2011. Of the five other women who had previously ridden in the Derby,none of them finished better than 11th.

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Napravnik underwent multiple surgeries on a broken left arm incurredin a July 6, 2011 spill at Delaware Park. She required four surgeries onthe fractured radius and dislocated ulna due to complications fromcompartment syndrome, a painful swelling and retention of fluids, butfortunately there were no complications with bone structure and shewas able to resume riding that September.

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In 2010, Napravnik became the first female jockey to win a gradedstakes race at Lone Star Park when she piloted Redding Colliery tovictory in the Lone Star Park Handicap on May 31.

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In 2010, Napravnik was the top jockey at Delaware Park, where shescored her 1,000th career win on Laughing Charlie on Oct. 27. Shefinished second at that meet in 2009, when she was also fourth in thestandings at Aqueduct.

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Napravnik led the standings at Laurel Park in 2008, but on Aug. 2 ofthat year, she broke the tibia and fibula bones in her left leg in a raceat Delaware. She was off for three months, but “I came back off thatinjury strong, and mentally I was just ready to go back,” she said.

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On Jan. 26, 2007, at Laurel, she suffered a spinal compression andfractured vertebrae when her mount, Look Out Lorie, collapsed pastthe finish line with Napravnik on her back. She missed three monthsand had barely returned to riding when, on July 6, 2007, her mountbroke down and she suffered a broken wrist and finger. That injuryresulted in a four-month layoff.

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First stakes win came on March 18, 2006 aboard Reckless Ways inthe $60,000 Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Handicap at Laurel. Firstgraded stakes win was on March 20, 2010 on Liam’s Dream inAqueduct’s Cicada Stakes (G3).

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In 2006, Napravnik swept the rider standings at all four meets atPimlico Race Course and Laurel Park and was runner-up to JulienLeparoux for the Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey.

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The jockey began racing under the name A.R. Napravnik “so no onewould know I was a girl,” she said. She got her first victory at PimlicoRace Course on June 9, 2005, aboard her first-ever mount,

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Ringofdiamonds, just days after finishing her junior year of high school.Although she won immediately, that year she also sustained the first offour serious career injuries, when her mount tripped over a fallen horseat Laurel Park on Nov. 12, 2005. She suffered a broken collarbone andwas out five weeks.

When Napravnik turned 16, she took out a license with the NationalSteeplechase Association and learned to ride training flat races duringthe steeplechase meets, riding against experienced steeplechaseriders to gain seasoning and savvy while exercising horses forrenowned trainers like Jonathan Sheppard and Dickie Small. Her sisterwas working as an assistant to Thoroughbred trainer Holly Robinson atthe time. Coaching from Robinson and Small led to her taking out herjockey’s license when she turned 17.

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Racing ponies, she traveled cross-country to Maryland, Pennsylvania,Virginia, and Delaware to participate in events held at steeplechasemeets. She trained her mounts as if they were Thoroughbreds,including one of her favorites – Sweet Sensation – a 12-hand WelshMountain pony who won almost every competition. Her family stillowns the former runner, who Napravnik rode before she graduated toriding the junior horse circuit.

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Napravnik was in the saddle from an early age, competing from thetime she was three or four years old and participating in Pony Clubevents in her area. Her sister Jasmine, six years her senior, led theway into faster-paced events like pony racing, and it wasn’t long beforeNapravnik felt the need for speed.

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The young rider grew up around horses as her mother, CindyNapravnik, is an accomplished horsewoman in her own right who

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JOSEPH O'BRIEN

Born: May 23, 1993 ... Height: 5'11" ... Weight: 124 ... Family: son ofchampion jockey and champion trainer Aidan O’Brien and trainerAnne-Marie Crowley ... Grandfather is trainer Joe Crowley.


2011 Turf St. Nicholas Abbey (Ire) 1st

Quick facts about Joseph O'Brien:

In 2012, has won nine European Group 1 races including threeclassics aboard Camelot – the English 2,000 Guineas, Epsom Derbyand Irish Derby. Additional classic race annexed in 2012 included theIrish 2,000 Guineas with Power (GB). Narrowly missed winning thefirst English Triple Crown since 1970 aboard Camelot when hefinished second in the St. Leger Stakes. Could not make weight to rideCamelot in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, so had to give up the ride toFrankie Dettori, who finished seventh aboard the Ballydoyle star.

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Was aboard for both of So You Think (NZ)’s Group 1 races in 2012before he retired – the Tattersalls Gold Cup, and the Prince of Wales’sStakes.

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Oldest son of champion trainer Aidan O’Brien, so when he guided StNicholas Abbey to victory in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Turf, they

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became the first father and son trainer/jockey combination to win aBreeders’ Cup race.

Rode his first Group 1 winner in May 2011 when Roderic O’Connorwon the Irish 2,000 Guineas. Has won two more that year going intothe Breeders’ Cup – the Moyglare Stud Stakes on Maybe and theRacing Post Trophy on Camelot, both future classic winners.

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Shared the Irish apprentice jockeys’ championship in 2010 with GaryCarroll and Ben Curtis. Won it outright in 2011 with 58 wins from 345rides. In 2012 is on the verge of collecting his first senior Irish jockeys’championship as, up to Oct.23, he had ridden 93 winners from 431rides leaving him nine winners clear of Pat Smullen at the top of thetable.

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Rode his first winner, on his second ever ride, on Johan atLeopardstown on May 28, 2009.

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Won the bronze medal at the European Junior Eventing Championshipin Belgium in August 2009. His sister, Sara O’Brien, represents Irelandin eventing.

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Is resigned to the fact that, owing to his height and consequentstruggle with the weighing room scales, his future probably lies as ajump jockey.

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His aunt, Frances Crowley, is married to multiple Irish championjockey Pat Smullen.

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IRAD ORTIZ, JR.

Born: Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico ... Height: 5'3" ... Weight: 112 ... Family:Single.

Quick facts about Irad Ortiz, Jr.:

Ranks among the top 20 jockeys in North America by earnings in2012.

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Guided Handsome Mike to an upset of the Grade 2, $1 millionPennsylvania Derby on Sept. 22, 2012 at odds of 19-to-1.

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Won 15 races and nearly $1.8 million purses during the six-weekSaratoga Race Course meet. Among them were his first three careerGrade 1 victories, with 3-year-old filly Questing in the Coaching ClubAmerican Oaks and Alabama, and 4-year-old sprinter Poseidon’sWarrior in the A.G. Vanderbilt.

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Ortiz won the 2012 Alabama aboard Questing despite being takenfrom the track on a stretcher with an ankle injury the day before therace, and then being thrown from another horse just hours before posttime.

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Is the latest young rider to be “discovered” by trainer KiaranMcLaughlin, who has helped the careers of several young ridersincluding Alan Garcia and Fernando Jara ... Garcia and Jara each won

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their first Breeders’ Cup races on horses trained by McLaughlin ...McLaughlin trains Ortiz’s leading Breeders’ Cup hopeful Questing.

Attended Escuela Vocacional Hipica, a Puerto Rican school forprospective jockeys, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, Irad,and uncle, Ivan, who also were riders.

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Earned first career victory aboard Wild Logic on Jan. 2, 2011 atHipodromo Camarero in Puerto Rico.

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Won 76 of 357 mounts in his first six months of riding before coming tothe United States in June 2011 after being noticed by Pito Rosa, apeace officer who works in the jockeys’ room at New York RacingAssociation tracks, and who referred him to agent Tony Micallef.

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First American win came on June 24, 2011 on Millennium at BelmontPark. Finished the year ranked 11th among New York-based riderswith 70 wins.

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Finished the 2011 season with 151 wins and $2,861,274 in purseearnings from 1,016 mounts.

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Calls retired Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr., a fellow PuertoRico native, his idol. Cordero won 7,057 races in his career, and nowworks as agent for countryman and 2012 Hall of Fame inductee JohnVelazquez.

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MARTIN PEDROZA

Born: Panama City, Panama ... Residence: Duarte, Calif. ... Height: 5'4"... Weight: 113 ... Family: Wife, Evelyn, sons Brian and Tyler. daughterJasmine (nickname Jazzy).


1987 Juvenile Fillies Silk’s Lady 8th1991 Juvenile Fillies Miss Iron Smoke 12th2008 Dirt Mile Two Step Salsa 3rd

Quick facts about Martin Pedroza:

Pedroza is in the midst of another solid year, posting purse earningsas of late September of $3.8 million, earning him a spot in the top 40among North American riders. Helping him along the way have beenstakes winners Nonios, Wilkinson and Via Villago, any of which couldwind up in Breeders’ Cup races.

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Best Breeders’ Cup finish thus far came with a third place aboard TwoStep Salsa in the 2008 Dirt Mile. Two previous mounts were both inthe Juvenile Fillies. He finished eighth with Silk’s Lady in 1986 and12th with Miss Iron Smoke in 1991.

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Missed the first five months of the 2009 racing season after breakinghis pelvis in seven places in a freak accident at Santa Anita on Jan. 11(his mount reared and fell on him in the post parade). Doctors thought

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he’d be out for a year, but the determined and resilient rider returned infive months.

Rides the Southern California circuit where he has been known as“The King of the Bull Ring” for his success at Fairplex Park. Hislongtime agent is Richie Silverstein.

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Won the 2011 riding title at Fairplex Park for a record 13th time, butwas unable to secure his 14th title this year as he had to settle forsecond behind Edwin Maldonado.

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On opening day at Fairplex in 2009, he scored his 3,000th careervictory and brought home seven winners in one day at the Pomonaoval, a feat he repeated two days later. He is Fairplex’s all-time leadingrider, nine of his titles coming consecutively from 1999-2007. He won51 races, a single-season record, during the 17-day Fairplex meet in2004. He was inducted into Fairplex’s Hall of Fame at the end of the2009 season.

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Won his first major title at Hollywood Park’s 2005 fall meeting at age40. He rode 31 winners, finishing five ahead of runner-up PatrickValenzuela.

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Rode the winner of Hollywood Park’s Landaluce Stakes for threeconsecutive years (1990-1992) and again in 2006. His first threewinners were trained by the late Brian Mayberry, for whom he namedone of his sons.

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Won six consecutive races at Oak Tree on Oct. 31, 1992, equaling theSanta Anita record set by Laffit Pincay Jr., on March 14,1987.

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Gained notice when he rode 50-1 Martial Law to victory in the G1$1-million Santa Anita Handicap in 1989.

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Leading apprentice at 1983 Santa Anita, Oak Tree and Los Alamitosmeetings.

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following in the footsteps of his older brother Marcelino, who also wasa jockey. Rode his first winner in 1981 at Presidente Remon inPanama.

Hobbies include going to the gym, running, watching movies andspending time with his family.

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JOEL ROSARIO

Born: Jan. 14, 1985 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ...Residence: Duarte, Calif. ... Height: 5'2" ... Weight: 109 ... Family: wifeBriana, one daughter, one son.


2008 Dirt Mile Slew’s Tizzy 11thFilly & Mare Sprint Tiz Elemental 13thJuvenile Azul Leon 9thJuvenile Fillies Dave’s Revenge 4th

2009 Dirt Mile Chocolate Candy 8thFilly & Mare Sprint Evita Agentina 7thJuvenile Fillies Bickersons 10thJuvenile Turf Gallant Gent 7thMarathon Sir Dave dnfSprint Dancing in Silks 1stTurf Sprint Noble Court 7th

2010 Classic Pleasant Prince 1stDirt Mile Dakota Phone 1stFilly & Mare Sprint Switch 2ndFilly & Mare Turf Harmonious 10thJuvenile Fillies Jordy Y 10thJuvenile Turf Banned 5th

Ladies' Classic Blind Luck 2ndMile Sidney’s Candy 6thSprint Hamazing Destiny 2ndTurf Champ Pegasus 2nd

2011 Dirt Mile Tres Borrachos 3rdFilly & Mare Sprint Switch 2ndFilly & Mare Turf Dubawi Heights 6thJuvenile Creative Cause 3rdJuvenile Fillies Self Preservation 4thJuvenile Turf Lucky Chappy 4thMarathon Pleasant Prince 4thSprint Apriority 6thTurf Sprint Holiday for Kitten 9th

Quick facts about Joel Rosario:

Was winless in 2011 at the Breeders’ Cup Championships, but broughthome money on six of his nine mounts, headed by a runner-up finishby Switch in the Filly & Mare Sprint, thirds in the Dirt Mile and Juvenileaboard Tres Borrachos and Creative Cause, respectively, and threefourths. Made his Breeders’ Cup debut in 2008 with four mounts andone year later earned his first Breeders’ Cup victory in the Sprintaboard longshot Dancing in Silks. Added the 2010 Dirt Mile aboardDakota Phone.

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Moved his tack to the New York circuit, leaving Southern Californiaafter a long and productive – victory- and money-wise – run at thearea’s three major racetracks. During his three-year tour of duty, wonriding titles at each venue – three each at Del Mar and Hollywod Parkand one at Santa Anita. Shortly afterward in a surprise move, he lefthis agent of 2-1/2 years Ron Ebanks, who had put him on the nationalspotlight during the stakes surrounding the Triple Crown and set himup for his move to New York. He is now with Ron Anderson and plansto ride in Florida in the winter and N.Y. the rest of the time.

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Still showed a knack for success on the Southern California circuit bycoming back to Del Mar for its Pacific Classic super Sunday andwinning the Classic aboard the 3-year-old Dullahan.

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Among other top graded stakes winners ridden in 2012: Pacific Ocean,Bourbon Bay, Lonesome Street, Rahystrada, Teeth of the Dog, GreatAttack and Creative Cause, who carried him to a fifth place in theKentucky Derby.

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Won three of the four Grade 1 stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 1, 2011that served as Breeders’ Cup preps: Zazu in the Lady’s Secret Stakes,Creative Cause in the Norfolk Stakes, and Dubawi Heights in theYellow Ribbon.

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Won his 1,000th race on Feb. 17, 2011 at Santa Anita aboard CooCachoo for trainer Julio Canani. The milestone marked him as the bestDominican jockey ever in the United States.

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Vaulting into the top tier of jockeys in 2011, Rosario won the following•

G1 races at four different tracks: Las Virgenes Stakes aboard Zazu,Eddie Read Stakes on Acclamation, Triple Bend Handicap withSmiling Tiger, Gamely Stakes aboard Dubawi Heights (GB), BlueGrass Stakes on Brilliant Speed, and Santa Monica Stakes on Switch.He won additional graded stakes with Twirling Candy, May Day Rose,Gilded Gem, Champ Pegasus, Vision in Gold, Anthony’s Cross, FinalMesa and Mighty Caroline.

In 2011, won his third consecutive Del Mar riding title, the first jockeyto do so since Bill Shoemaker won six straight in the 1950s ... Alsowon his third Hollywood Park title, and first Santa Anita title in 2011.

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Won G1 races in 2010 in Alabama Stakes (G1) aboard eventualchampion 3-year-old filly Blind Luck, Queen Elizabeth II ChallengeCup with Harmonious, Pat O’Brien Stakes with El Brujo, La BreaStakes with Switch, Malibu Stakes with Twirling Candy, Santa AnitaOaks with Crisp, Humana Distaff Stakes with Mona de Momma, andClement Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship (G1) with ChampPegasus. Other graded stakes were won with Sidney’s Candy, Battleof Hastings (GB), Leroy’s Dynameaux, Skipshot, Marlang, DakotaPhone, Cat by the Tale, City to City, Mr. Gruff and Enriched.

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Rosario ended Rafael Bejarano’s streak of six consecutive riding titlesat Southern California tracks by leading the standings at the 2009spring/summer Hollywood Park meet with 79 wins. He went on to winthe Del Mar title with 55 wins and then repeated those titles in 2010.

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Equaled a Hollywood Park record with six wins in a day on Dec. 11,2009, a feat previously accomplished by Hall of Fame riders Bill

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Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay, Jr., and Kent Desormeaux.

After a break-out year in 2008, his star exploded on the national scenein 2009 when he amassed 284 victories and purse earnings of$13,073,777, fifth best in North America.

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His third career five-win day came on Aug. 28, 2010, following up afive-bagger at Hollywood Park Dec. 6, 2008. His first five-win daycame on April 14, 2007 at Bay Meadows.

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First graded stakes win came for John Sadler on Zappa in the SanPasqual Handicap (G2) on Jan. 12, 2008. He went on to ride threemore graded stakes winners in 2008: Sky Cape in the La JollaHandicap (G2), Million Dollar Run in Railbird Stakes (G3), and Slew’sTizzy in the Native Diver Handicap (G3), in which he set a CushionTrack record for 1 1/8 miles in 1:46.78.

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Came to Southern California in late 2007. Scored his first win inSouthern California aboard Only One Way on June 21, 2007 for trainerJohn Sadler, who became one of his strongest supporters.

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After his arrival from his native Dominican Republic, rode in NorthernCalifornia for much of 2007, finishing second in the standings toperennial leader Russell Baze at both Golden Gate Fields and Bay

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Meadows. Won his first stakes on March 18, 2007 at Bay Meadowsaboard Dealer Choice in the $50,000 Luck of the Irish Handicap.

Dominican bloodstock agent and former trainer Herbert Soto arrangedfor Rosario to come to the U.S. in 2006, where he rode first at FairplexPark before heading north to Golden Gate Fields.

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Won the Angel Cordero Jr. Jockey Challenge at El Commandante inPuerto Rico in 2005.

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His first race was at Galapagos Hippodromo V Centenario inDominican Republic. His first win was there in July of 2000. He wenton to be leading rider in Dominican Republic four times and secondonce. He recalls his first race with a good-natured laugh this way: “Wecame out of the gate and the horse took a sharp turn one way and I,with not much experience, went the other. It was pretty embarrassing.”

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Grew up on a farm near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, that hadhorses and donkeys. He used horses for transportation. Attended theraces with an older brother, and when he was 13, he asked his familyif he could be a jockey. He attended the jockey school for six months,and by age 14, was a licensed professional.

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JEFFERY SANCHEZ

Born: October 18, 1985, San Juan, Puerto Rico ... Residence:Pembroke Pines, Fl. ... Family: single; father, Raul Sanchez, was ajockey in Puerto Rico and his uncle, Milton Figueroa, was also a rider andhas been a maintenance team member at Calder Race Course for years.


2010 Juvenile Fillies Awesome Feather 1stJuvenile Turf Madman Diaries 4th

2011 Turf Sprint Great Attack 4th

Quick facts about Jeffery Sanchez:

Made a winning Breeders’ Cup debut in 2010, riding AwesomeFeather to victory in the Juvenile Fillies ... Has been aboard theundefeated champion in all 10 of her races and will again be aboard inthis year’s Ladies’ Classic ... Had two mounts in 2011, finishing third inthe Juvenile Sprint on Holdin Bullets and fourth in the Turf Sprint withGreat Attack.

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Distaff and Nasty Storm Stakes, his other top mounts in 2012 havebeen Ioya Bigtime, winner of the Stars and Stripes Stakes (G3) atArlington and the Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (G3) at Kentucky Downs,Gypsy Robin and Great Attack.

After riding primarily in South Florida his first couple years as a jockey,he moved his tack to New York in 2011 and then Kentucky andChicago in 2012 ... Rode his first meet at Arlington in 2012 andfinished fourth in purses and fifth in wins.

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Sanchez entered the Puerto Rico’s jockey school at age 17 and aftercompletion, rode in races at El Comandante racetrack for threemonths. He won two races there before coming to Gulfstream Park in2005.

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Won his first U.S. race in summer 2005 at Calder.•

Career took off in 2006 when he was the second leading rider atCalder and collected his first two graded stakes victories - the SmileStakes (G2) with Nightmare Affair and the Spend A Buck withHandicap (G3) with Nkosi Reigns.

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Other top horses he has ridden include Delightful Kiss, Hal’s My Hopeand Jackson Bend.

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MIKE SMITH

Born: Aug. 10, 1965, Roswell, N.M. ... Residence: Pasadena, Calif. ...Height: 5'4" ... Weight: 114 ... Family: Single.


Quick facts about Mike Smith:

Rode six in Breeders’ Cup races in 2010. His best finish was a secondaboard Zenyatta to Blame in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Undefeated in19 career starts prior to the Classic, Zenyatta was later voted Horse ofthe year. Smith, who had ridden the superstar mare in 17 of her 20races, was aboard when she became the first female to win theClassic in 2009 and when she won the Ladies’ Classic the year before.

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Is within two wins of tying Jerry Bailey’s record of 15 Breeders’ Cupvictories. He has won 13 Breeders’ Cup races from 73 mounts, withseven seconds and five thirds. He ranks sixth in Breeders’ Cupearnings with $17,274,760. Smith has ridden two winners in foureditions of the Breeders’ Cup. In 2008, won the Breeders’ Cup Classic(G1) aboard Zenyatta and Juvenile Fillies (G1) aboard StardomBound. He also rode two winners in 1994,1995 and 2002.

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Top mounts in 2011 included Sassy Image’s, Amazombie, MrCommons, Euroears, Cozi Rosie, Joyful Victory, Astrology, She’s All Inand Irish Gypsy.

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Completed his “Triple Crown” in 2010 with Belmont Stakes (G1) victory•

aboard Drosselmeyer. Previously, he won the 1993 Preakness Stakes(G1) on Prairie Bayou and the 2005 G1 Kentucky Derby Presented byYum Brands aboard Giacomo.

In 2005, rode Giacomo to an upset victory in the Kentucky Derby,resulting in a $102.60 payoff on a $2 bet. They went on to finish thirdin the Preakness and seventh in the Belmont ... In three Derby ridesprior to his triumph aboard Giacomo, finished third in 1999 with CatThief and second with both Proud Citizen in 2002 and Lion Heart in2004.

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In Aug. 2011, Mike Smith rode Joker Face to victory in the “Battle ofthe Exes” Match Race at Del Mar on August 7. A veteran of matchraces in his early riding days in New Mexico, Smith crossed the wire 21/4-lengths in front of former fiancée Chantal Sutherland (aboardParable) in a one mile test over Del Mar’s Polytrack surface. Thecouple’s relationship had been a major plot point in the series“Jockeys” which ran on Animal Planet for two years in 2008 and 2009.

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Won his first-ever race in Britain in May 2011 at Folkestone aboardGentlemans Code, who was odds-on to win a five-furlong maidenrace. Gentlemans Code, a Wesley Ward-trainee, was bred byBridlewood Farm in Florida.

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Was named recipient of the Big Sport of Turfdom Award for 2010 fromthe Turf Publicists of America. The year before, Smith was a part of“Team Zenyatta,” accorded the honor for 2009. Included in the 2009award were owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs andhis wife, Dottie. The annual honor is bestowed upon a person or group

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of people who enhance the coverage of Thoroughbred racing throughcooperation with media and Thoroughbred racing publicists.

Is closing in on 5,000 wins, with just 39 to go as of Sept. 22, 2011. “It’sa goal,” admitted Mike. “There are not many in that league.”

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Moved his tack to California in 2001 after spending the bulk of hiscareer in New York, where he had been located since 1989.

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Was presented with the 2000 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award,the highest honor bestowed by his peers. Other major awards includeESPN’s 1993 ESPY Award for outstanding jockey, and the 1994 MikeVenezia Award, given by the New York Racing Association foroutstanding citizenship and sportsmanship.

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Suffered major injuries in two separate spills in 1998. In March he wasout for two months with a broken shoulder, and a spill in Augustresulted in a broken back; Smith wore a body cast for months, butmade it back to riding during the 1999 Gulfstream meet.

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In 1994, he set a record for stakes wins in a year with 68 – including20 grade 1 victories, five of which came aboard Horse of the Year HolyBull. That record was broken in 2003 by Jerry Bailey, then passed

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again in 2007 by Garrett Gomez.

Eclipse Award winner as outstanding jockey in 1993 and 1994. Alsowas national leader by money won in both years.

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In 1991, became the first U.S.-based jockey to win a European classic,taking the Irish Two Thousand Guineas (G1) with Fourstars Allstar.

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Rode Thirty Six Red to win the Wood Memorial on April 21, 1990, hisfirst winner in a Grade 1 race.

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Rode in Arkansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Kentucky, and Minnesota in1983, shortly after launching his licensed career in 1982 at age 16 (hewon his first race that year with Forever Man at Santa Fe in NewMexico).

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Began riding races in New Mexico at age 11.•

His physical fitness regime includes weight training, circuit training andrunning.

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Smith, fellow jockey Alex Solis and owner Tom Lenner have produceda wine named Jinetes, a Syrah. Jinetes (pronounced he-nay’-tays) isSpanish for jockey.

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PATRICK J. SMULLEN

Born: May 22, 1977 in County Offally, Ireland ... Family: wife, FrancesCrowley, a trainer and Aidan O’Brien’s sister-in-law.


2000 Classic Pine Dance 10th2002 Mile Dress to Thrill (Ire) 8th2003 Filly & Mare Turf Dimitrova 12th

Juvenile Relaxed Gesture (Ire) 8thMile Refuse to Bend (Ire) 11th

2007 Filly & Mare Turf All My Loving (Ire)` 5thJuvenile Turf Domestic Fund (Ire) 5th

2008 Marathon Muhannak (Ire) 1stTurf Winchester 7th

Quick facts about Patrick J. Smullen:

Guided Muhannak to victory in the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Marathon, hisonly win from nine previous attempts. He returns to the Breeders’ Cupin 2012 for the first time since 2008.

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He enjoyed a career highlight on Oct. 20, 2012 when partnering bothSapphire and Rite Of Passage to victory on British Champions Day atAscot, both for Dermot Weld.

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In 2012, Smullen has already won 17 Group races going into theBreeders’ Cup, with Famous Name the most prolific, capturing fourGroup 3 races and the Group 2 Royal Whip Stakes.

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Since Muhannak’s victory, his Group 1 wins have been provided byCasual Conquest (Tattersalls Gold Cup 2009), Bethrah (Irish 1,000Guineas 2010), Rite of Passage (Ascot Gold Cup 2010), ChineseWhite (Pretty Polly Stakes 2010) and Emulous (Matron Stakes 2011,also the Brownstown Stakes (G3) and Ridgewood Pearl Stakes (G3)).

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Smullen won the Irish jockeys’ championship for the first time in 2000and retained it in 2001. He won it again in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010.Finished second, just three winners behind Johnny Murtagh in 2011and looks booked for the same position in 2012 as, up to Oct. 23, hehas ridden 84 winners, nine behind the leader, Joseph O’Brien.

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Rides often in the United States, and has twice won the AmericanDerby (G2) at Arlington Park – in 2003 aboard Evolving Tactics and2004 with Simple Exchange.

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In 2003, Refuse to Bend gave Smullen his first English classic triumphwhen winning the 2000 Guineas (G1) at Newmarket.

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Vinnie Roe is the best horse Smullen has ridden. He shared in all 13 ofhis career wins including four Irish St Legers and a Prix du Cadran. Hisbiggest triumph in North America was provided by Dressed To Thrill inthe G1 Matriarch Stakes (G1).

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In 2000, Smullen clinched his first Irish jockeys’ championship despiteadding only two Group 3 wins to his pattern race tally. He ended the

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season only 14 clear of both Johnny Murtagh and Kinane.

In 1999, he became stable jockey for the powerful Dermot Weld stablein Ireland, when Michael Kinane moved to Aidan O’Brien. Smullenfinished the season in second place in the jockeys’ championship,behind Kinane.

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In 1997, Smullen rode his first Group 1 winner when he won the•

Moyglare Stud Stakes aboard Tarascon.

Smullen rode his first winner in June 1993 at Dundalk on Vicosa. Hesoon joined Tom Lacy’s stable and travelled to Dubai for the winter tojoin forces with trainer Erwan Charpy.

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His brother had an interest in horses that lead him to enter the equineworld through the Pony Club.

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CHANTAL SUTHERLAND

Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ... Residence: Sierra Madre, Calif.,and Toronto, Canada ... Height: 5'2" ... Weight: 105 ... Family: Marriedto Dan Kruse. ... Web site: www.jockeychantalsutherland.com


2008 Juvenile Mine That Bird 12thJuvenile Fillies Van Lear Rose 6th

2011 Classic Game on Dude 2ndFilly & Mare Sprint Great Hot 11th

Quick facts about Chantal Sutherland:

Was the regular rider of Game on Dude until his second-place finish inthe Pacific Classic (G1) to Dullahan ... Was replaced by trainer BobBaffert’s regular rider Rafael Bejarano ... Won three stakes with Gameon Dude in 2012, including the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) ... Becamethe first female jockey to compete in the Dubai World Cup whenfinishing 12th on Game On Dude in March ... The horse, withSutherland aboard, was a solid second to Drosselmeyer in the 2011Classic after leading throughout the race until overtaken inside thesixteenth pole.

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Almost wasn’t allowed to compete in the Pacific Classic when shedrew a four-day suspension for the over-use of her whip during the

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Shergar Cup at Ascot in London. Sutherland was part of an all-femalejockey team that also consisted of British rider Hayley Turner andCanadian-based Emma-Jayne Wilson that finished third in theinternational competition. ... Sutherland also was fined $3,000 foroveruse of the whip in the Wonder Where Stakes at Woodbine in July2012.

In March 2011, became the first female jockey to win the Santa AnitaHandicap,with Game On Dude and followed up aboard the samehorse with a runner-up finish in the Hollywood Gold Cup in July andvictory in the Goodwood in October at Santa Anita to set up a run inthe Breeders’ Cup Classic.

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Had recurring acting role as “Lizzie” in HBO TV series “Luck,” whichdebuted in Jan. 2012, but ended after a few episodes ... Lostmuch-publicized and well-received “Battle of the Exes” match raceagainst former fiancee Mike Smith in Aug. 2011 at Del Mar.

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Her purse money for 2011 came to $5,143,011. That figure put herlifetime purse earnings at $45.1 million ... Posted her best earningsrecord in 2010 with $8.7 million in purses.

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Rode her first Breeders’ Cup starter in 2008, eventual Kentucky Derbywinner Mine That Bird, in the Juvenile. He finished 12th. ... She alsorode Van Lear Rose in the Juvenile Fillies and finished sixth.

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Paired with Mine That Bird for his 2-year-old Canadian championshipseason, winning the Silver Deputy, Swynford and Grey stakes atWoodbine.

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Maintained base at Woodbine Racetrack in Canada, especiallythrough summer racing season, while wintering at Santa Anita forDecember-to-April winter/spring meetings from 2007-2010. Opted torealize a longtime goal and remain on the Southern California circuitand ride summer meeting at Del Mar for first time in 2011, where shewon 12 races from 106 starts in 37-day season and finished ninth inthe rider standings.

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One of racing’s most recognizable riders, was named one of PeopleMagazine ‘s 100 Most Beautiful People in 2006. Also wasphotographed by Annie Liebovitz for a four-page spread in Vogue thatyear. Is the face of the Canada-based cosmetics line Mistura Beauty,and was one of the stars of the reality series “Jockeys” on AnimalPlanet.

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Rode five winners on a single card at Woodbine on Aug. 9, 2008.•

Took home Sovereign Awards for outstanding apprentice jockey in2001 and 2002.

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Began her career as a jockey in 2000 when she decided thatbecoming an airline pilot was not what she wanted to do with her life.Won 124 races in just her second season in the saddle.

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Graduated from York University in Toronto with a degree incommunications and psychology, then explored flat racing in spite ofthe initial opposition of her father.

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Excelled at sports as a teenager, avidly playing field hockey and evencompeting for Canada’s national Junior World Cup team. She wasintroduced to horses through jumping and dressage.

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JOSEPH TALAMO III

Born: Jan. 12, 1990 in Marrero, La., just across the Mississippi Riverfrom New Orleans ... Residence: Playa del Rey, Calif. ... Height: 5'1" ...Weight: 108 ... Family: Girlfriend Elizabeth Ellis is daughter of trainerRon Ellis.


2007 Dirt Mile Lewis Michael 5thFilly & Mare Turf Nashoba’s Key 4th

2008 Marathon Booyah 8thTurf Sprint California Flag 10th

2009 Turf Sprint California Flag 1st2011 Filly & Mare Sprint Tanda 9th

Turf Sprint Caracortado 5th

Quick facts about Joseph Talamo III:

In the midst of what could be his best year yet for purse earnings, theLouisiana native – by October – was already within a couple milliondollars of his best earnings year. That came in 2010 when Talamorung up $10.7 million. His earnings heading into the final quarter of thisyear already were at the $8.7-million mark.

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Much of his earnings came as a result of a spectacular meet at DelMar, where he finished second in the rider standings and won 12

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stakes races which was good enough to tie the track’s previous recordfor stakes victories. That record fell to Rafael Bejarano’s 13 stakeswins to set a new standard. Among his stakes winners were IncludeMe Out, Halo Dolly, Casino Host, Obviously and Dry Summer, all ofwhom could be heading for the Breeders’ Cup World Championshipsat Santa Anita.

In just his third year of riding in the Breeders’ Cup, Talamo earned hisfirst victory aboard California Flag in the 2009 Turf Sprint ... Rode inhis first Breeders’ Cup in 2007 at the age of 17, when he pilotedNashoba’s Key to a fourth-place finish in the G1 Emirates AirlineBreeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf and Lewis Michael to finish fifth in theinaugural Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile.

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In 2011, he had several graded stakes wins, including G1 wins withAcclamation and Nereid, and other graded stakes victories byCaracortado, Dreamy Kid, Aggie Engineer, Fluke (Brz), RyehillDreamer (Ire), Camp Victory and Bourbon Bay. Caracortado was oneof two starters for Talamo in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup, coming homefifth in the Turf Sprint, good for earnings of $30,000.

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Carla Gaines was one of his earliest and most ardent supporters, butnow he has expanded the number of trainers for whom he ridesregularly to include Neil Drysdale, Mike Mitchell, John Shirreffs, MikeMachowski, Art Sherman, Ron Ellis and Bob Baffert.

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His major horse in 2010 was Sidney’s Candy, though an injury kepthim off the son of Candy Ride when the colt set a Del Mar turf courserecord for 1-1/16 miles in winning the La Jolla Handicap (G2). Sidney’s

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Candy did provide him with three straight stakes wins in the spring,including the Santa Anita Derby (G1), and became his first KentuckyDerby ride. The Candy Ride (Arg) colt faded to 17th after being on thepace for nearly a mile on the sloppy Churchill Downs track.

Won three stakes during the first two weeks of Del Mar in 2009,including a win in the G3 Cougar II Handicap with the CarlaGaines-trained Temple City, but was forced to miss the majority of thepremier Cali fornia meet with a broken wrist. Returned inmid-September.

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Was the regular rider for 2009 Kentucky Derby morning-line favorite IWant Revenge, who scratched the morning of the race due to an ankleinjury. Earlier in the season, Talamo had ridden the 3-year-old colt tovictory in the G3 Gotham Stakes and in the G1 Wood MemorialStakes.

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Part of the cast of the Animal Planet reality show Jockeys, youngTalamo brought the face of racing to the mainstream public throughappearances on the Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien in September2009.

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Earned more than $6-million as an apprentice in 2007. On first day asa journeyman on July 22 at Del Mar, won three races, including theFleet Treat Stakes on Spenditallbaby.

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For all his achievements in 2007, he earned the Eclipse Award foroutstanding apprentice jockey.

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First G1 victory was at Hollywood Park on July 7, 2007 aboard•

Nashoba’s Key in the Vanity ... A second G1 came later in the dayaboard upset winner Bilo in the Triple Bend ...“07/07/07: my luckyday!” said Talamo.

Earned his first graded stakes victory aboard Ashley’s Kitty in the G3Railbird at Hollywood Park in May of 2007.

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Won the first race of the 2006-2007 Fair Grounds meet, that racebeing the first since the track closed for a full season due to HurricaneKatrina. He never looked back as he became the first apprentice onrecord to win a Fair Grounds riding title with 119 wins, 25 more thanRobby Albarado, the perennial leading rider at the New Orleans track.

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Left Archbishop Shaw High School (Marrero) in his junior year (2006)to pursue his career as a jockey. Started riding at Louisiana Downs inJune of 2006 ... First win came there on July 9.

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First racing experience came at a bush track in Duson, La., called theQuarter Pole, where several other Louisiana riding stars also started ...From there, he exercised horses at Folsom Training Center and thenEvangeline Downs.

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At 11, first got on Thoroughbreds for Terry Gabriel at Folsom TrainingCenter. A year later, began working with horses at a half-mile track inWaggaman, La., operated by Zeke Zeringue. There he was muckingstalls, walking horses, and eventually jogging horses.

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Began going to the Fair Grounds at age seven with his father, JosephJr., who worked as an assistant to trainer Connie Tassistro.

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Likes to interact with fans using social media, especial via his Twitter• feed, @JoeTalamo, and his Facebook page.

JOHN VELAZQUEZ

Born: Nov. 24, 1971, Carolina, Puerto Rico ... Residence: WestHempstead, N.Y. ... Height: 5’6” ... Weight: 109 ... Family: wife Leona,children Lerina and Michael Patrick. Father-in-law is trainer Leo O’Brienand brother-in-law is trainer Keith O’Brien.


2006 Classic Flower Alley 11thDistaff Pool Land 9thFilly & Mare Turf Honey Ryder 3rdJuvenile Scat Daddy 4thJuvenile Fillies Cotton Blossom 3rdMile Araafa 9thSprint Henny Hughes 14thTurf English Channel 3rd

2007 Classic Lawyer Ron 7thDirt Mile High Finance 8thDistaff Indian Vale 9thFilly & Mare Turf Honey Ryder 2ndJuvenile Kodiak Kowboy 3rdJuvenile Turf The Leopard 7thMile Nobiz Like Shobiz 4th

2008 Classic Henrythenavigator 2nd

Filly & Mare Sprint Indian Blessing 2ndFilly & Mare Turf Wait a While 10thJuvenile Munnings 10thJuvenile Fillies Turf Consequence 6thJuvenile Turf Bittel Road 8thSprint In Summation 4thTurf Spring House 9th

2009 Dirt Mile Pyro 10thFilly & Mare Turf Visit 4thJuvenile Fillies Devil May Care 11thJuvenile Fillies Turf Potosina 7thLadies' Classic Proviso 4thMarathon Nite Light 8thMile Cowboy Cal 10thSprint Join in the Dance 9th

2010 Classic Quality Road 12thDirt Mile Aikenite 8thFilly & Mare Sprint My Jen 13thJuvenile Uncle Mo 1stJuvenile Fillies R Heat Lightning 2ndJuvenile Fillies Turf Allure d’Amour 13thJuvenile Turf Willcox Inn 3rdLadies' Classic Life At Ten 11thMarathon Eldaafer 1st

Sprint Cash Refund 8thTurf Sprint Stradivinsky 13th

2011 Classic Uncle Mo 10thDirt Mile Trappe Shot 4thFilly & Mare Sprint Her Smile 3rdFilly & Mare Turf Perfect Shirl 1stJuvenile Fillies Frolic’s Revenge 9thJuvenile Fillies Turf Stephanie’s Kitten 1stJuvenile Turf Finale 7thLadies' Classic Super Espresso 7thMarathon Birdrun 2ndMile Sidney’s Candy 6thSprint Force Freeze 2ndTurf Brilliant Speed 3rd

Quick facts about John Velazquez:

Velazquez has won 11 Breeders’ Cup races from 110 mounts. He had12 mounts in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup and finished in the top three inhalf of them, including victories aboard Stephanie’s Kitten in theJuvenile Fillies Turf and Perfect Shirl in the Filly and Mare Turf.

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Velazquez was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Aug. 2012, offeringan emotional acceptance speech that highlighted his commitment tohis family and his gratitude towards those who supported him and

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helped launch his career, particularly Ralph Theroux Sr., whom hecredits with preventing him from abandoning his jockey career duringits rough early years.

Velazquez won his third Triple Crown race on Union Rags in theBelmont in 2012, replacing Julien Leparoux in the saddle.

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On Sept. 29, 2012 at Belmont Park, Velazquez won three straightGrade 1 races: the Vosburgh Invitational on The Lumber Guy; theFlower Bowl Invitational on Nahrain; and the Joe Hirsch Turf ClassicInvitational on Point of Entry.

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In 2012, Velazquez finished fourth in the Saratoga jockey standings,an impressive result given that he started riding at the meet latefollowing an accident at Churchill Downs in June. Velazquez wasthrown when his mount Mr. Producer broke down; the horse waseuthanized and Velazquez suffered a broken collarbone.

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Other notable Grade 1 victories in 2012 include the Woodbine Milewith Wise Dan; the Woodward with To Honor and Serve; the PersonalEnsign with Love and Pride; the Ballerina with Turbulent Descent; theSword Dancer Invitational with Point of Entry; the MetropolitanHandicap with Shackleford; and the Donn with Hymn Book.

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On April 6, 2011, Velazquez agreed to pay $10,000 to settle KentuckyHorse Racing Commission allegations stemming from his last-placefinish aboard 5-2 second choice Life at Ten in the 2010 Breeders’ CupLadies’ Classic. Without admitting any wrongdoing, Velazquez said hefelt the settlement was “in the best interest of racing” at the time. The

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controversy arose after Velazquez said during the ESPN telecast thathe did not think the filly was warming up to his liking; Life at Ten ransluggishly and essentially galloped behind the field, never incontention.

In 2011, Velazquez won his first Kentucky Derby, riding Team ValorInternational’s Animal Kingdom; he picked up the mount the daybefore the race early Derby favorite Uncle Mo was scratched becauseof illness. Velazquez was also the regular rider for Quality Road andEskendereya, who were both scratched a week before the KentuckyDerby, in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

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In 2011, Velazquez was the leading rider at Saratoga Race Course infor the fifth time, surpassing his mentor and agent Angel Corderoduring the meet; he also won the Saratoga meet in 2010. In 2004, heset a record for the most wins at the meet, riding 65 winners during a36-day meet; one of those horses was subsequently disqualified,leaving his record at 64 wins. The record stood until the summer of2012, when Ramon Dominguez broke it at the 40-day meet.

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Additional notable Grade 1 stakes wins in 2011 were the Carter onMorning Line; the Ogden Phipps on Awesome Maria; the MotherGoose on Buster’s Ready; the Alcibiades on Stephanie’s Kitten; andthe Clark on Wise Dan.

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In 2009, Velazquez was awarded the George Woolf Memorial JockeyAward, an honor granted by his peers. The Woolf Award goes to arider whose careers and personal character earn esteem for theindividual and the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing.

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Velazquez won two races during the 2009 Royal Ascot meet for trainerWesley Ward, Strike the Tiger in the Windsor Castle Stakes andJealous Again in the Queen Mary Stakes (G2).

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He won his 4,000th race on Sept. 28, 2008 aboard Rogue Agent atBelmont Park.

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In 2007, Velazquez won his first Triple Crown race on Rags to Riches,the first filly to win the Belmont since Tanya in 1905. He was not thewinner’s regular rider, picking up the mount when Garrett Gomezelected to ride Hard Spun before the decision was made to run Ragsto Riches.

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In July 2006, Velazquez was elected chairman of the board ofdirectors of the Jockeys’ Guild.

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In 2005, he won the 2005 Dubai World Cup on Roses in May, sameyear he received second consecutive Eclipse Award for outstandingjockey and picked up a third Eddie Arcaro Award from the New YorkTurf Writers Association. He also won the award in 2003 and 2003,and he shared the honor with Jerry Bailey in 2001. The award goes tothe top rider in New York.

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He won the Bill Shoemaker Award for the top performance by a jockeywith his dual wins in the 2004 Breeders’ Cup at Lone Star Park. Hewon the Distaff aboard Ashado and the Sprint aboard Speightstown.He finished second in three other races that year: the Classic onRoses in May; the Turf on Kitten’s Joy; and the Filly and Mare Turf onFilm Maker.

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Velazquez led the rider standings in New York for four consecutiveyears, 2001-2004 and finished second in 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2005.He has won or shared 22 meet titles in New York.

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Velazquez was honored by the New York Turf Writers Association’s in2003 with the Fourstardave Award for outstanding achievement at theSaratoga racing meeting.

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races. The sixth was the Diana Handicap (G1) with Starine.

He launched his New York career in March 1990 under the guidanceof retired Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr., who works as hisagent.

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He began his riding career when he entered jockey school in PuertoRican in June 1988 and was riding in his native country a year and ahalf later. His first winner was Rodas at El Comandante in 1990.

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