Birthdate - Jan. 1, 1972
Birthplace - Tucson, AZ
Height - 5 feet, 3 inches
Weight - 115 pounds
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* Upset the previously undefeated Zenyatta aboard Blame in the 2010 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs; also captured both juvenile turf races with Pluck and More Than Real.
* Won back-to-back Eclipse Awards in 2007-08 and led the nation in earnings for four consecutive years from 2006-2009.
* Won four Breeders’ Cup races in 2008: the Juvenile (Midshipman), Sprint (Midnight Lute); Dirt Mile (Albertus Maximus), and Filly & Mare Sprint (Ventura).
INTRODUCTION TO RACING
* Gomez’s father Louie was a jockey.
FIRST WINNER
* Furlong Circle, Aug. 19, 1988, Santa Fe Downs.
MAJOR NEW YORK STAKES WINS
Cigar Mile: Discreet Cat (2006); Purge (2005)
Demoiselle: Springside (2008)
Dwyer: Any Given Saturday (2007)
Frizette: Indian Blessing (2007)
Garden City: Magnificent Song (2006)
Hopeful: Majestic Warrior (2007); Circular Quay (2006)
Jerome: Discreet Cat (2006)
Jockey Club Gold Cup: Borrego (2005)
Just a Game: Ventura (2008)
Manhattan: Gio Ponti (2009)
Prioress: Franny Freud (2010)
Saratoga Special: Kantharos (2010)
Spinaway: R Heat Lightning (2010)
Sword Dancer Inv.: Telling (2010)
Travers: Colonel John (2008)
Vosburgh: Taste of Paradise (2005)
Whitney: Blame (2010)
Wood Memorial: Bob and John (2006)
Woody Stephens: J Be K (2008)
BREEDERS’ CUP WINS
Classic: Blame (2010)
Dirt Mile: Albertus Maximus (2008)
Filly & Mare Sprint: Ventura (2008)
Juvenile: Midshipman (2008); Stevie Wonderboy (2005)
Juvenile Fillies: Indian Blessing (2007)
Juvenile Fillies Turf: More Than Real (2010)
Juvenile Turf: Pluck (2010)
Ladies Classic: Life Is Sweet (2009)
Mile: Artie Schiller (2005)
Sprint: Midnight Lute (2007, 2008)