Jockey Bios

Top Jockeys at Pimlico

J.D. Acosta

J.D. Acosta

2010 SEASON: finished fifth in the Maryland standings with 61 victories, riding first call for leading trainer Chris Grove…finished in the top 10 in three of the four meets…captured three stakes aboard Sweet Goodbye during the winter meeting, including the Grade 2 Barbara Fritchie Handicap…won Maryland Juvenile Championship with Concealed Identity…top rider at Charles Town for third consecutive year…overall ranked 10th nationally with 265 first place finishes and finished 42nd in earnings with a $4.9 million.

Forest Boyce

Forest Boyce

2010 SEASON: runner-up for an Eclipse Award for outstanding apprentice…won 119 races with the bug… was the leading jockey in Maryland with 104 victories at Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course…after just 18 wins at the end of the Pimlico spring meeting, won 106 victories from June 29-Dec. 18, winning the Laurel Park summer and fall riding titles…won 15 races during the summer stand and 71 in the fall, where she had 23 multiple win days, including a career-best four trips to the winners’ circle on Dec. 2 (as an apprentice) and Dec. 16. (as a journeyman)…rode Fascinatin’ Rhythm to victory in the Geisha Stakes at Laurel on Sept. 11…teamed up with Capixaba for six victories during fall stand…tied for 89th in North America with 129 winners.

Eric Camacho

Eric Camacho

2010 SEASON: ranked ninth in the local standings with 51 wins…ranked in the top ten in three of the four meets, including a second place tie during the Pimlico spring meet, with 10 wins, including a season-best three scores on April 18…teamed up with Music Please for three scores during the Laurel Park fall stand, including the Squan Song Stakes.

Oliver Castillo

Oliver Castillo

2010 SEASON: ranked 16th in the Maryland standings with 27 victories…had a pair of three-win days during the Laurel Park winter stand: March 27 and April 8… joined the 1,000 winners club aboard Veer at Laurel Park on March 27.

Travis Dunkelberger

Travis Dunkelberger

2010 SEASON: ranked 12th in Maryland with 39 victories at Pimlico and Laurel Park...won five stakes races in the state during the year: teamed up with Rodney Jenkins for three of the scores and rode Steady Warrior and Silver Heart to victory on Maryland Million day for Gary Capuano…tied for 50th nationally in wins with 158.

Malcolm Franklin

Malcolm Franklin

2010 SEASON: tied for 6th in Maryland with 59 wins… finished second during the Laurel Park summer meeting and ranked in the top ten in two of the other three meets....career-high five winners at Laurel on Aug. 14, including four for trainer Chris Grove.

Geovany Garcia

Geovany Garcia

2010 SEASON: ranked 13th in Maryland with 38 victories…rode a career-best four winners at Laurel Park on Feb. 25.

Luis Garcia

Luis Garcia

2010 SEASON: finished eighth in the local standings with 54 wins…ranked in the top ten in all four meetings at the major Maryland tracks during the year…captured the Maryland Racing Media Stakes aboard Miss Singhsix and the Harrison Johnson Stakes with Indian Dance…a top ten rider in the colony since arriving in 2003, has won 725 races at Laurel and Pimlico Race Course during his career at the end of 2010.

Jonathan Joyce

Jonathan Joyce

2010 SEASON: tied for 18th in the local standings with 17 victories at the major Maryland tracks…rode Pocket Patch to an impressive victory in the Maryland Million Turf.

Horacio Karamanos

Horacio Karamanos

2010 SEASON: returned to the colony in March after spending 16 months riding at San Isidro Racecourse in his native Argentina where he rode 285 winners…ranked 15th in the local standings with 34 victories…earned riding title during the Pimlico spring meet…won a pair of stakes races during the Laurel winter stand: Primonetta (All Giving) and Dahlia (My Main Starr)…had back surgery in December.

Joshua Navarro

Joshua Navarro

2010 SEASON: ranked 10th in the Maryland standings with 47 victories, including three at Pimlico on May 22…won 121 races as an apprentice…bug year ended on the final day of the Laurel Park summer stand…tied for 58th in North America with 158 first place finishes.

Dyn Panell

Dyn Panell

2010 SEASON: finished 14th in the local standings with 37 victories, including 21 during the Laurel fall meeting.

Julian Pimentel

Julian Pimentel

2010 SEASON: finished third in the Maryland standings with 79 winners…ranked in the top three in all four meetings: tied for second in Pimlico spring and Laurel Park fall stands and was third in the Laurel winter and summer meets…won three stakes races, including two with Ben’s Cat (Mister Diz & Find Handicap)...guided Doing Great to an impressive score in the Maryland Million Lassie.

Mario Pino

Mario Pino

2010 SEASON: returned to the colony in October and won 13 races during the Laurel Park fall meeting… won for the 6,300th time in his career when he guided Star Anna to victory at Laurel on Dec. 9…won Tesio Stakes at Pimlico aboard Bank the Eight for trainer Tony Dutrow.

Josean Ramirez

Josean Ramirez

2010 SEASON: ranked 11th in the Maryland rider standings with 40 victories.

Erick Rodriguez

Erick Rodriguez

2010 SEASON: ranked second in the Maryland standings with 99 victories…captured the Laurel Park winter title with 55 winners…won three stakes races during the year, including a score with Blind Date in the All Brandy Stakes and a pair for Kiaran McLaughlin.

Sheldon Russell

Sheldon Russell

2010 SEASON: tied for 6th in the local standings with 59 victories…was in second place during the Laurel Park fall meeting, just three wins behind Forest Boyce, when he broke nine ribs in a Oct. 30 spill…missed the remainder of the year…still finished fourth in the fall standings and was tied for second at Pimlico…won three races on the Maryland Million card: Regal Solo (Classic), Jack On The Rocks (Sprint) and Blind Date (Distaff).

Harry Vega

Harry Vega

2010 SEASON: finished fourth in the local standings with 64 winners, including a second place finish during the Laurel Park fall meet…won two stakes races, including Gator Prowl in the Marshua for the Salzman family, a longtime client…aboard Twelve Pack Shelly when the 2-year-old established the 4-1/2 furlong mark by more than a second in her debut Apr. 8…spent winter and fall in Maryland…finished third during the Presque Isle Downs meet (May-Sept.).

Grant Whitacre

Grant Whitacre

2010 SEASON: finished 16th in the local standings with 19 wins…missed three months after fracturing his back in a spill at Laurel Park in early January…portrayed Paul Feliciano in the 2010 movie “Secretariat”…Feliciano rode the 1973 Triple Crown winner in his first two career starts while as an apprentice, before the connections turned to the more experienced Ron Turcotte.