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Jose Lezcano

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Birthdate: April 20, 1985
Birthplace: Chiriquí, Panama
Height: 5 feet, 3 inches
Weight: 112 pounds

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

  • On the inaugural Stars & Stripes Day at Belmont in 2014, won the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational aboard Mr Speaker and the Belmont Sprint Championship with Clearly Now
  • In 2013, rode Horse of the Year Wise Dan to three victories, including his second straight Breeders’ Cup Mile 
  • Won his first Breeders’ Cup race aboard his first mount, Maram, in the inaugural running of the Juvenile Fillies Turf in 2008 

INTRODUCTION TO RACING 

  • Lezcano began riding on his father’s farm before attending the Laffit Pincay Jockey School 

FIRST WINNER 

  • Cloudy Gray, March 14, 2004, Gulfstream Park 

NYRA Career Stats

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
7858 1203 1087 1105 $91,593,436.00

Recent Years

Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
2023 215 43 41 45 $2,667,338.00
2019 1051 210 155 132 $13,847,021
2018 658 73 73 85 $5,225,337
2017 461 55 46 52 $3,978,024
2016 562 59 78 71 $4,919,654
2015 503 74 59 69 $6,872,957
2014 551 82 86 88 $7,544,076
2013 644 109 94 75 $9,092,695
2012 683 117 108 94 $7,984,159
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