Joel Rosario

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