CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Went 6-for-7 at Belmont Park on Oct. 8, 2011, including Grade 1 stakes victories in the Jamaica and Frizette.

* Rode former claimer Lava Man through a seven-race win streak in 2006 including four Grade 1 victories and three $1 million races and continued a winning association with the gelding in 2007, repeating in the Santa Anita Handicap and Hollywood Gold Cup.

* Won the Breeders’ Cup Sprint three consecutive years from 1996-1998.

 

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Visited the track with his father at age 16, and attended jockey school in Castaic, Calif.

 

FIRST WINNER

* Blue King (DH), October 2, 1988, Hipódromo de Agua Caliente, Mexico
 

 

MAJOR NEW YORK STAKES WINS

Beldame: Sharp Cat (1998)

Champagne: The Groom Is Red (1998)

Coaching Club American Oaks: Lite Light (1991)

Diana: Voodoo Dancer (2003)

Flower Bowl Inv.: Yashmak (1997)

Forego: Jackson Bend (2011)

Frizette: My Miss Aurelia (2011); Balletto (2004)

Gallant Bloom: Indian Blessing (2008)

Garden City: Voodoo Dancer (2001); Pharatta (1998)

Jamaica H.: Western Aristocrat (2011) 

Manhattan H.: Forbidden Apple (2001); Manndar (2000)

New York H.: England’s Legend (2001)

Prioress: Friendly Michelle (2004)

Ruffian H.: Sharp Cat (1998)

 

BREEDERS’ CUP WINS
 

Distaff: Jewel Princess (1996)

Juvenile Fillies: My Miss Aurelia (2011); Sweet Catomine (2004)

Mile: Silic (1999)

Sprint: Thor’s Echo (2006); Reraise (1998); Elmhurst (1997); Lit de Justice (1996)

Turf Sprint: Regally Ready (2011)