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Joel Rosario

photo of Joel Rosario
Birthdate: January 14, 1985
Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height: 5 feet, 2 inches
Weight: 109 pounds

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Won the 2014 Belmont Stakes aboard Tonalist, denying California Chrome the Triple Crown
  • Rode Orb to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby
  • Rode Animal Kingdom to victory in the 2013 Dubai World Cup, becoming only the second jockey in history to win the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup in the same year
  • Notched win No. 2,000 on April 23, 2015 at Keeneland aboard Dating Lady Luck

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Dominican bloodstock agent and former trainer Herbert Soto arranged for Rosario to come to the U.S. in 2006, where he rode first at Fairplex Park before heading north to Golden Gate Fields

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

  • Attended the races with an older brother, and when he was 13, asked his family if he could become a jockey

FIRST WINNER (U.S.)

  • Slew Fly, Oct. 5, 2006, Fresno

NYRA Career Stats

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
6829 1201 1114 1015 $125,252,217.00

Recent Years

Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
2021 188 42 24 23 $5,749,520.00
2019 1124 217 180 179 $24,175,059
2018 706 128 125 101 $18,229,328
2017 690 114 110 111 $10,763,700
2016 692 105 90 116 $10,916,088
2015 653 107 116 73 $10,731,841
2014 635 123 92 101 $12,969,031
2013 593 112 107 85 $9,620,271
2012 534 79 74 79 $5,983,098
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