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- John_R._Velazquez abstract "John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971, in Carolina, Puerto Rico) is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Admitted to the Horse Racing Hall of fame in 2012, as of 2014, he is the all-time leading money-earning jockey in North America.He learned to ride in his native Puerto Rico. On January 3, 1990, he won his first race, aboard Rodas at El Nuevo Comandante racetrack in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. That same year, under the guidance of agent and former jockey, Angel Cordero, Jr., he moved to New York State where he has earned 24 riding titles at Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Park, and Saratoga Race Course.A winner of multiple Breeders' Cup races, he has also won graded stakes races such as the Kentucky Oaks, Blue Grass Stakes, Dubai World Cup, E. P. Taylor Stakes (twice), Whitney Handicap, Woodbine Mile, plus the Cigar Mile Handicap. To date in his career, John Velazquez has ridden more than 4,000 winners. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 2004 and 2005.In 2004, he won the Bill Shoemaker Award for top Breeders' Cup performance by a jockey, winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff with Ashado and the Breeders' Cup Sprint with Speightstown.Velazquez set a Saratoga record with six wins in one card on September 3, 2001.In 2006, he was elected to the Puerto Rico Horse Racing Hall of Fame.In 2009, Velazquez, known at tracks as \"Johnny V,\" was awarded the Santa Anita George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. That same year, he led Quality Road to a win at the Florida Derby, knocking off the previously unbeaten Dunkirk in the process. Ironically, he rode Dunkirk to his second-place finish in the Grade l Belmont Stakes.In October 13, 2013, Velazquez became the all-time leading money winner among North American jockeys, surpassing Pat Day in the ninth race at Belmont, aboard the filly Bit Bustin. After that race, his earnings reached $297,922,320 in career purses. The next year, Velazquez became the all-time leading money winner in the history of jockeying and the first whose earnings surpass $300 million.".
- John_R._Velazquez award Eclipse_Award_for_Outstanding_Jockey.
- John_R._Velazquez award George_Woolf_Memorial_Jockey_Award.
- John_R._Velazquez award United_States_Champion_Jockey_by_earnings.
- John_R._Velazquez birthDate "1971-11-24".
- John_R._Velazquez birthPlace Carolina,_Puerto_Rico.
- John_R._Velazquez birthPlace Puerto_Rico.
- John_R._Velazquez honours National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame.
- John_R._Velazquez occupation Jockey.
- John_R._Velazquez race Acorn_Stakes.
- John_R._Velazquez race Alabama_Stakes.
- John_R._Velazquez race Appalachian_Stakes.
- John_R._Velazquez race Ashland_Stakes.
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- John_R._Velazquez race Beldame_Stakes.
- John_R._Velazquez race Belmont_Derby.
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- John_R._Velazquez race Blue_Grass_Stakes.
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- John_R._Velazquez race Breeders_Cup_Juvenile.
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- John_R._Velazquez race Breeders_Cup_Mile.
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- John_R._Velazquez race Brooklyn_Handicap.
- John_R._Velazquez race Champagne_Stakes_(United_States).
- John_R._Velazquez race Clark_Handicap.
- John_R._Velazquez race Dubai_World_Cup.
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- John_R._Velazquez race Gulfstream_Park_Sprint_Championship.
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- John_R._Velazquez race Kentucky_Derby.
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- John_R._Velazquez raceHorse Animal_Kingdom_(horse).
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