Evangeline Downs Jockeys

Ranking the Riders for Win bettors..

Jockeys * Lifetime Purse Earnings

Top 5 All-Time

John Velazquez➖$479.1m
Javier Castellano➖$399.2m
Mike Smith➖$349.9m
Joel Rosario➖$319.0m
Irad Ortiz, Jr.➖$314.0m

Trainer Graded Stakes '24

Chad Brown surges to the top spot thru Derby Day Weekend.

150th Kentucky Oaks & 150th Kentucky Derby

Just the third time a jockey Brian Hernandez and trainer Kenny McPeek won both races in same year.

1933 ▪️ 1952 ▪️ 2024

An incredible feat

1947 Kentucky Derby [73rd]

Head - Head Finish

Jet Pilot by a head, ridden by Eric Guerin and trained by Tom Smith.

2024 Nose - Nose * This Derby now the closest between three horses. Brian Hernandez

Sire Graded Stakes '24

Gun Runner up to six, one behind Into Mischief

Gun Runner
Vahva (Derby City Distaff)
Gun Pilot (Churchill Downs)

Kentucky Derby

Recent U.S. Born Jockeys Winning

2024 - Brian Hernandez, Jr. Brian Hernandez

2018 - Mike Smith mike e smith
2010 - Calvin Borel

2009 - Calvin Borel
2008 - Kent Desormeaux
2007 - Calvin Borel
2005 - Mike Smith
2004 - Stewart Elliott
2000 - Kent Desormeaux…

Jockey Graded Stakes '24

Flavien Prat (17) and Irad Ortiz, Jr. (14) both in double figures after Derby Weekend.

Riding Titles 2024

Turf Paradise Jockeys

Riding Titles

Congrats to Karlo Lopez karlo lopez

Saturday, May 3, 1947

Money wagered at seven tracks

Pascoag ?

$3 million in '47 = $42.8 million today.

Jockey Longshots 20/1+ [2024]

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Manuel Aguilar [Rides at Penn]
Romero Maragh Romero Maragh [Rides in NY} (1-April)

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J Bealmear (2)
A Bocachica (2)
R Bowen
V Fernandez
C Hiraldo
E Jaramillo (1) Emisael Jaramillo
E Nieves
J Stokes (1)
B Hernandez, Jr. (1)
E Morales (1)
E Perez…

Oaklawn Trainers

What a super meet for Cipriano Contreras as he ranked #1 for Win bettors; John Haran 2nd, Kentucky Derby Winner Kenny McPeek 3rd and Karl Broberg Karl Broberg 4th.

Flavien Prat and Program Trading (GB) by a head in the Grade I Turf Classic at Churchill Downs Saturday.

Prat's Graded Stakes record '24

56 - Starts
17 - Wins (Most)
5 -2nds
$5.7 million - Purses (Most)
30% - W% (Best)
Brad Pegram

Flavien now with 266 career Graded Stakes…

Ranking the Riders for Win bettors 2024

Raul Mena (Laurel Park) ranks #1, Abel Cedillo #2, Nik Juarez Nik Juarez #3 and Hector I. Berrios Hector Isaac Berrios #4

Walter De La Cruz makes 5⃣ trips to the Oaklawn Winner's Circle over the weekend

Finishes the meet with 24 wins, $1.5m in purses, 176 career wins at OP

Sunday
R1 Md Clm - Blessed Vision, trainer Tim Dixon (Dead Heat)
R11Starter Alw - Indian Gulch, Tom Van Berg (Final Race of…

Churchill Distaff Turf Mile S. (G II)

Trainers Wins

Chad Brown has won four in a row and five of the past 8 contested.

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Chad Brown 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024-Chili Flag (FR)

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Bill Mott 1996, 2001, 2002, 2011-Aviate (GB)

Kentucky Derby Longshots

Brian Hernandez, Jr.'s Brian Hernandez NOSE victory aboard Mystik Dan (18/1) kept the longshot brigade alive! The biggest streak in the 150-year history of the Run for the Roses.

10/1+ Winners, Consecutive Years

4 ▪️ 2021-2024

3 ▪️ 2001-2003

2 ▪️…

Oaklawn Trainers

Steve Asmussen ➖13 Training Titles

Oaklawn Riding Titles

Cristian Torres Cristian A. Torres with two straight.

Pat Day won 12 in a row - 1983-1994.