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ERIC CANCEL

ERIC CANCEL
Birthdate - Aug. 8, 1996
Birthplace - Puerto Rico
Height - 5 feet, 1 inch
Weight - 100 pounds
Family - Single

2017 RECORD

655 - 54, 72, 83

$3,571,370

2017 NYRA RECORD

635 - 52, 69, 79 

$3,320,55

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Led all North American apprentice jockeys by earnings in 2015

* 2015 Eclipse finalist as Outstanding Apprentice


INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Parents Efrain Cancel and Gezzela Algarin are both former jockeys

* Attended Puerto Rico’s Escuela Vocacional Hípica


FIRST WINNER

* Little Baker, March 8, 2015, Gulfstream Park

NEW YORK STAKES WINS

Affirmed Success:  Celtic Chaos (2017)

Chelsey Flower:  Raucous (2017)

Fort Marcy:  Smooth Daddy (2017)

Jimmy Winkfield:  Caledonian (2017)

Lost In The Fog:  Caledonian (2017)

Mike Lee: Bust Another (2016)

NYSS: Aunt Babe (Fifth Avenue, 2017); Louisville First (Cupecoy’s Joy 2016)

Soaring Softly: Lightstream (2016)


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