Birthdate - Aug. 4, 1960
Birthplace - Brooklyn, NY
Height - 4 feet, 11 inches
Weight - 116 pounds
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* Career victory number 4,000 came July 2, 2011 at Monmouth Park aboard Duffy’s Tavern
* Rode Arromanches to 17 victories including a nine-race winning streak from 2001-2002.
INTRODUCTION TO RACING
* Followed in the footsteps of his father, jockey Carlos Lopez Sr.; brothers Carlos I, II, and III, and cousin Jose Ferrer are also riders
FIRST WINNER
* Foolish Tracy (Lopez’s first mount), Jan. 15, 1979, Keystone (now Parx)
MAJOR NEW YORK STAKES WINS
Affectionately: Zonk (2002-03)
Alex M. Robb: Tom’s Thunder (2002)
Broadway: Holly Springs (1998)
Busanda: Pumpkin Shell (2009); Totaly Wild (2002)
Busher: Olivine (2007)
Cicada: Heart Ashley (2009)
Correction: Beau Dare (2008)
Count Fleet: Real Star (1997)
Excelsior: Temporary Saint (2008); Classic Endeavor (2003); Ormsby (1997)
Fred Capossela: Go Go Shoot (2008)
Gallant Fox: Coyote Lakes (2001); Aavelord (1998); Unreal Turn (1997)
Hollie Hughes: Thepromonroe (1998)
Jaipur: Stradivinsky (2010)
Jerome: Why Change (1996)
Kings Point: Ormsby (1997); Smart Coupons (1998)
Paumonok: True Quality (2009)
Red Smith: Strike a Deal (2008)
Ruthless: Lizzy Cool (2003)
Stymie: Unreal Turn (1998)
Westchester: Mr. Sinatra (1999)