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JOEL ROSARIO

JOEL ROSARIO
Birthdate - Jan. 14, 1985
Birthplace - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height - 5 feet, 2 inches
Weight - 109 pounds
Family - Wife Briana; daughter Jasmine; son Jason

2017 RECORD

1,010 - 170, 161, 170

$17,975,708


2017 NYRA RECORD

677 - 115, 110, 111

$10,796,700


CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Won the 2014 Belmont Stakes aboard Tonalist, denying California Chrome the Triple Crown

* Rode Orb to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby

* Rode Animal Kingdom to victory in the 2013 Dubai World Cup, becoming only the second jockey in history to win the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup in the same year

* Notched win No. 2,000 on April 23, 2015 at Keeneland aboard Dating Lady Luck

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

* Domincan bloodstock agent and former trainer Herbert Soto arranged for Rosario to come to the U.S. in 2006, where he rode first at Fairplex Park before heading north to Golden Gate Fields

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Attended the races with an older brother, and when he was 13, asked his family if he could become a jockey

FIRST WINNER (U.S.)

* Slew Fly, Oct. 5, 2006, Fresno

NEW YORK STAKES WINS

Alabama: Blind Luck (2010)

Allied Forces: White Flag (2017)


Amsterdam: Mind Your Biscuits (2016); Forty Tales (2013)

Athenia:  Off Limits (2017)

Alydar: Bay of Plenty (2015)

Artie Schiller: Sky Flight (2015)

Astoria: Moment Is Right (2015)

Athenia: Stellar Path (2015)

Beldame: Forever Unbridled (2016)

Belmont: Tonalist (2014)

Belmont Derby Inv.: Force the Pass (2015)

Belmont Oaks Inv.: Minorette (2014)

Belmont Sprint: Mind Your Biscuits (2017)

Bertram F. Bongard: Saratoga Heater (2014)

Birdstone: Tacticus (2015)

Bold Ruler: Tom’s Ready (2017) 


Brooklyn Invitational: Shaman Ghost (2016); Norumbega (2014)


Caress: Miss Ella (2016 and 2017)

Champagne: Practical Joke (2016)

Christiecat: Ultra Brat (2016); Miss Ella (2015)

De La Rose: Filimbi (2014)

Demoiselle: Condo Commando (2014)

Discovery: Control Group (2017); Stickstatelydude (2016)

Dwyer: Practical Joke (2017); Teeth of the Dog (2012)

Elusive Quality: Mosler (2015)

Empire Classic: Saratoga Snacks (2013)

Empire Distaff: Bar of Gold (2016)

Fall Highweight:  Stallwalkin’ Dude (2017)

Fasig Tipton De La Rose: Filimbi (2014)

Fourstardave: Tourist (2016); Seek Again (2014)

Gazelle: Condo Commando (2015); Close Hatches (2013)

Go for Wand: Taris (2015)

Gotham: Vyjack (2013)

H. Allen Jerkens: Practical Joke (2017) 


Intercontinental: Free As a Bird (2014)


James Marvin: Pacific Ocean (2012)

Jim Dandy: Good Samaritan (2017)

Jockey Club Gold Cup: Tonalist (2014); Flat Out (2012)

Joe Hirsch Turf Classic: Beach Patrol (2017)

Kent: Frostmourne (2017)


King’s Swan: Jan’s Reserve (2015)

Kingston: Tapitation (2016)

Knickerbocker: Blacktype (2017); Za Approval (2013)

Lake George: Kitten’s Dumplings (2013)

Lake Placid: Sentiero Italia (2015)

Left Bank: Golden Ticket (2014)

Lucky Coin: Long On Value (2016)

Man o’ War: Imagining (2014)

Manilla: Bricks and Mortar (2017)

Metropolitan Handicap: Frosted (2016); Sahara Sky (2013)

Memories Of Silver: Party Boat (2017)


Mother Goose: Unchained Melody (2017); Close Hatches (2013)

National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame: Bricks and Mortar (2017)


New York: Riposte (2014)

Noble Damsel: Off Limits (2017)


NYSS: Gold for the King (Thunder Rumble, Times Square, 2017)


Ogden Phipps: Close Hatches (2014)

Paradise Creek: Too Discreet (2016)

Personal Ensign: Forever Unbridled (2017); Close Hatches (2014)

Peter Pan: Tonalist (2014)

Quick Call: Central Banker (2013)

Real Courage: Za Approval (2014)

Red Smith: Imagining (2013)

Sands Point: Sentiero Italia (2015)

Saranac: Inspector Lynley (2016); World Approval (2015)

Schenectady: Too Discreet (2015)

Sheepshead Bay: Riposte (2014)

Shine Again: Wavell Avenue (2016)

Summer Colony: Rachel’s Temper (2016)

Temperence Hill: Tacticus (2015)

Tom Fool: Comma to the Top (2013)

True North: Fast Bullet (2013)

Turnback the Alarm: Afleeting Lady (2012)

Union Avenue: Willet (2013)

Victory Ride: Street Story (2014); Baby J (2013)

Whitney Invitational: Frosted (2016)

With Anticipation: Startup Nation (2014)

Wood Memorial: Frosted (2015)

Woody Stephens: Forty Tales (2013)

BREEDERS’ CUP WINS

Dirt Mile: Dakota Phone (2010)

Filly and Mare Sprint: Wavell Avenue (2015)

Sprint: Dancing in Silks (2009)

Turf Sprint: Bobby’s Kitten (2014)

Mile: Tourist (2016)

TRIPLE CROWN WINS

Belmont Stakes: Tonalist (2014)

Kentucky Derby: Orb (2013)

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