Eric Cancel
Birth Date
Aug. 8, 1996
Birthplace
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Height
5 feet, 1 inch
Weight
110lbs
FIRST WINNER
- March 8, 2015 on Little Baker at Gulfstream Park
INTRODUCTION TO RACING
- Parents Efrain Cancel and Gezzela Algarin are both former jockeys
- Attended Puerto Rico’s Escuela Vocacional Hípica
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Clinched his first NYRA riding title by winning six races on closing day of the 2021 Aqueduct Winter Meet
- Led all North American apprentice jockeys by earnings in 2015
- 2015 Eclipse finalist as Outstanding Apprentice
Starts
7,450
1sts
847
2nds
942
3rds
1,006
Earnings
$55,555,122
| Starts | 1sts | 2nds | 3rds | Earnings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 399 | 50 | 56 | 55 | $3,412,881 |
| 2024 | 496 | 56 | 60 | 77 | $4,729,439 |
| 2023 | 401 | 57 | 53 | 46 | $3,711,207 |
| 2022 | 735 | 76 | 97 | 102 | $6,054,879 |
| 2021 | 1079 | 146 | 159 | 162 | $9,838,097 |
| 2020 | 837 | 108 | 115 | 109 | $6,002,482 |
| 2019 | 721 | 88 | 94 | 121 | $5,799,109 |
| 2018 | 463 | 52 | 55 | 53 | $3,343,705 |
| 2017 | 635 | 52 | 69 | 79 | $3,320,622 |
| 2016 | 816 | 67 | 78 | 94 | $4,075,552 |
| 2015 | 868 | 95 | 106 | 108 | $5,267,149 |