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Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Tracks
Featured Race: Race 1 Approx. Post Time: 01 10 PM (Aug 9)
1
Vineyard Sound
8-1
2
Stoney Bennett
8-5
3
We Should Talk
7-2
4
Hardcore Folklore
15-1
5
Malpais
5-1
6
Flowers for Lisa
8-1
7
Deep Sea
4-1
8
Tale of Mist
30-1

Manuel Franco

photo of Manuel Franco
Birthdate: December 19, 1994
Birthplace: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Height: 5 feet, 1 inch
Weight: 112 pounds

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

  • Won his first Grade 1 on October 1, 2016 with Joking in the Vosburgh, and followed with his second a week later with Yellow Agate in the Frizette. 

INTRODUCTION TO RACING 

  • Went to the track with his father in Puerto Rico; attended jockey school there in 2012 

FIRST WINNER 

  • Skylight Citizen, Jan. 2, 2013, Camarero, PR 

NYRA Career Stats

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
9560 1300 1242 1290 $84,709,390

Recent Years

Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
2020 618 94 66 89 $6,717,942
2019 1395 221 222 203 $16,679,315
2018 1469 250 210 224 $16,850,074
2017 1344 184 172 184 $12,150,858
2016 1539 193 199 192 $12,317,578
2015 1286 147 166 159 $8,929,838
2014 1245 154 149 157 $8,088,475
2013 664 57 58 82 $2,975,310
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