Plus, jockeys tell me just how much fun it is to ride this course as a change of pace from always turning left around an oval.". Horse Racing Jockey Form We have an A to Z list of every jockey with a ride in the UK and Ireland today, including the details of the horse and the betting for each runner. Rocco will have a real shot to at least finish closer to the front this year while riding Winning Impression. In the years since, he’s found the winner’s circle over 2,800 times and has consistently been near the top of the jockey standings at Monmouth Park.
What Mike Smith remembers is what happened before the race when the horse he was scheduled to ride – projected favorite Omaha Beach – was scratched. The odds might be just as high this year when he gets aboard 2019 TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner and Eclipse Award juvenile champion male Storm the Court. He’d defy the odds and pull off a huge upset if he could somehow win the Derby this year aboard Money Moves.
Most may remember the 2019 Kentucky Derby for its controversial ending.
John Velazquez wasn’t one of the main players in the controversial Kentucky Derby disqualification of 2019 but he was a bit player.
Age: 25.
The youngest rider in this year’s Kentucky Derby also happens to be the jockey who’ll be riding the best horse in the race – or at least the horse who will almost certainly go off as the heavy favorite. However, he’s never cracked the top three in the Kentucky Derby, despite 11 opportunities to ride in the race. Although the horse hasn’t run well in his most recent starts, he did notably finish third in a division of the Arkansas Derby. He’s already guided Tiz the Law through an undefeated 2020 that has seen him win the Runhappy Travers Stakes and this year’s first leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets. While Sky endeavours to provide correct and up-to-date data, it is possible to encounter inaccuracies. His only race since then was a sixth-place finish in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes in July. Panici rides primarily in Florida and earned the second graded stakes win of his career when he guided Sole Volante to victory in February’s Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs. Limit 1 per household. In an announcement issued this month, the track said jockeys who have gone through the Kentucky Derby Week protocols at Churchill Downs will be allowed to race during the Kentucky Downs meet, and others can join them if they clear testing. Unlike some tracks that have closed their riding colonies to out-of-state jockeys as a safety measure amid COVID-19, Kentucky Downs is allowing riders outside Kentucky to participate. Exclusive Offer: Get a STATS Race Lens annual subscription for just $699! Best finish: Won in 2005 (Giacomo) and 2018 (Justify).
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Growing up in Ireland with six siblings, Graham said he was not a good student so he followed a teacher’s advice and enrolled in a school for jockeys. This year, Graham will be riding Major Fed. (Eclipse Sportswire/Adam Coglianese/NYRA/Eclipse Sportswire), Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford. He’s become one of the top riders in America and he won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint last year with Mitole.
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012, Velazquez is already established as one of the greatest jockeys ever. He came to the United States to ride in 2009 at the age of 16.
He’s twice finished second in the Preakness and twice finished third in the Belmont Stakes. His new agent, Ron Anderson, plans to change that. If Saez and Mr Big News are to make headlines at the Derby, they’ll need a fast pace up front and the kind of closing kick Mr. Big News showed back in April. Stay up-to-date with the best from America's Best Racing!
According to track publicity, nine of North America's top 10 riders by 2020 purse earnings are planning to ride at the southern Kentucky track for at least a portion of the meet: Irad Ortiz Jr., Joel Rosario, Tyler Gaffalione, Luis Saez, Ricardo Santana Jr., Flavien Prat, Jose Ortiz, Javier Castellano, and Florent Geroux. Best finish: 4th in 2017 (Classic Empire). Kentucky Downs will conduct racing without spectators, a change necessitated by the increase in COVID-19 cases in the region. As soon as the New York Racing Association announced the delayed start to Belmont's fall meet, Kiaran McLaughlin, the agent for Saez, got to work securing business for Kentucky Downs. Code of Honor, whom Velazquez was aboard, was also bumped in the stretch by first-place finisher Maximum Security and ultimately benefitted from the horse’s demotion. Mike Smith (Honor A. P.), Manny Franco (Tiz the Law), and John Velazquez (Authentic) will ride three of the 2020 Kentucky Derby favorites on Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Please select Racing Type All times quoted on this web site are based on scheduled race start times. Offer expires after 30 days. A native of Louisiana, Talamo began riding professionally at the age of 16 before going on to win the Eclipse Award as top apprentice jockey in 2007.
A native of France, Leparoux has become known as a master of the U.S. turf since launching his career in America in 2005. The Runhappy Meet at Kentucky Downs begins Labor Day, Sept. 7, and continues on Sept. 9-10, 12-13, and 16.
"It just made too much sense to go," McLaughlin said.
The journeyman rider will look to add the ultimate trophy to his mantle with the late-running Sole Volante who was last seen finishing sixth in the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets in June. Earlier in the year, Florent Geroux looked like he’d have his choice of Kentucky Derby runners. In addition, Hall of Famers John Velazquez and Castellano, who between them have ridden only a handful of races at Kentucky Downs, will ride the entire meet after coming to Kentucky for Churchill Downs' rescheduled Derby Week, according to Kentucky Downs publicity.
Horses race across the turf at Kentucky Downs.
His career highlight to date was winning the Breeders’ Cup Sprint in 2018 aboard Roy H. That same year he finished 11th in the Kentucky Derby in what was his first and only Derby ride.
The youngest rider in this year’s Kentucky Derby also happens to be the jockey who’ll be riding the best horse in the race – or at least the horse who will almost certainly go off as the heavy favorite. Code of Honor was moved up to second place in the race. Franco has only had two other prior Kentucky Derby mounts and his top finish to date came in 2015 when he finished 17th aboard longshot Tencendur. You reached this page when attempting to access https://www.equibase.com/premium/eqpInToday.cfm from 137.74.56.55 on 2020-10-14 11:22:00 UTC. Search Today's Jockeys/Drivers. Since arriving in the U.S., Graham has won more than 2,500 races as he’s continued to chase his American dream of winning a Kentucky Derby. Whenever a horse crosses the finish line first in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, the first person you’ll see and hear a reaction from is the person on that horse’s back.
Get to Know All 13 U.S. That has been the pattern for Joe Talamo. It is true that the top jockeys tend to get to ride the top horses. Follow horse racing with Alex Hammond on Sky Sports - get live racing results, racecards, news, videos, photos, stats (horses & jockeys), plus daily tips. After Saratoga's summer meet ends, Irad Ortiz, two-time Kentucky Downs defending riding champion Jose Ortiz, and Rosario will ride the remaining five days. Allen Paulson: Cigar’s Owner Embodied the American Dream, Big-Race Showdown: Jockey Club Gold Cup Picks, Best Bets: Choice Picks at Woodbine, Belmont and Keeneland, Landing on a Longshot to Win 2020 Preakness Stakes. Santana also enjoyed his first top 10 finish in the Kentucky Derby last year with Plus Que Parfait. If Smith, 55, were to win the Derby, he’d become the oldest rider to do so.
Max Player finished third behind Tiz the Law in both the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets and the Runhappy Travers Stakes. Click on the Jockey name or search from the box below to find which races they are competing in today.
Please select Racing Type *This is a list of Jockeys racing today only. He’s only had one shot at it and that came two years ago when he finished eighth while riding Lone Sailor.
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He's currently first in the Del Mar standings, just ahead of Prat. If they're not, it's my fault. Proprietary to and © 2019 Equibase Company LLC. "I'm looking forward to it," he said of riding all six days this year. Velazquez knows what it feels like to actually make it to the winner’s circle at the Kentucky Derby. The son of a jockey and grandson of a horse trainer, Joe Rocco, Jr. was destined for a career in racing. He won the Eclipse Award as the outstanding apprentice rider of 2006, when he led the nation with 403 victories, and earned a second Eclipse in 2009 as the outstanding jockey. But don’t expect the pressure to get to Manny Franco, who has emerged in recent years as a top rider on the NYRA circuit. He'll be riding the final five days this year. The jockey usually gets much of the credit – and sometimes the blame – for a horse’s finish on the track. He returned in 2017 and became a regular rider at Fair Grounds in 2017. It turned out to be a smart move.
Paco Lopez won the Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice jockey in 2008. This is the second year in a row that Geroux has gotten the call from Baffert in the Derby; Geroux and Roadster finished 15th last year. While he’s won just about every major race in America, the Kentucky Derby has remained an elusive prize. "We already had one of the most talented riding colonies in the world, but this year it's going to be absolutely incredible," said Ted Nicholson, Kentucky Downs' senior vice president and general manager. Castellano rode at Kentucky Downs for the first time last year and had two wins and two seconds in five starts. In his four Derby preps this year, Ny Traffic has finished second in three of the races and third in another. His most recent effort, a runner-up effort in the Indiana Derby, has no doubt inspired added confidence in his Derby-chasing jockey.
Triple Crown Winners, Road to 2020 Breeders’ Cup: Three Heating Up, Three Cooling Down for Oct. 13, Stay Lucky Picks: Autumn Action From Belmont, Keeneland. Trainers with the most successful horses will often seek out the services of the most successful jockeys. He rode in his first Kentucky Derby in 2010 (Sidney’s Candy), returned five years later in 2015 (War Story) and now he’s back in 2020 with Attachment Rate.
With more than 6,200 wins, he currently ranks fourth among all active riders and 17th in wins all-time.
Averaging $2 million a day in purses, Kentucky Downs is among the national leaders in field size, which averaged 11.2 starters per race during its 2019 meet. Saez is the regular rider of By My Standards – one of the top horses in the Breeders’ Cup Classic rankings – and was aboard the horse in last year’s Derby when he finished 11th. All Rights Reserved. His 2020 Derby horse: Tiz the Law.
He won over 500 races in Europe before traveling to the U.S. in the late 1990s. They’re also the ones who decide where to position their horses in a race, when to make their move for the lead and what path to take in doing it. He won three key Derby prep races — the first division of the Risen Star Stakes Presented by Lamarque Ford, the Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes and the Twinspires.com Louisiana Derby — with three different horses.
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