Junior Alvarado

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

• Guided Moreno to victory in the 2014 Grade 1 Whitney 
• Piloted Emma’s Encore to a fast-closing nose victory in the 2012 Grade 1 Prioress 
• Won his first Grade 1 in Arlington Park’s Beverly D. Stakes in 2010 aboard Éclair de Lune 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

• While his name was intended to be Rafael Alvarado, Jr., after his father, the name was mistakenly registered as Junior Rafael Alvarado 

INTRODUCTION TO RACING 

• Father was a jockey in Venezuela 

FIRST WINNER 

• Esteivana, Dec. 30, 2005, La Rinconada, Venezuela 
• First U.S. winner: Satira, Feb. 17, 2007, Gulfstream Park