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JOSE LEZCANO

JOSE LEZCANO
Birthdate - April 20, 1985
Birthplace - Chiriquí, Panama
Height - 5 feet, 3 inches
Weight - 112 pounds
Family – Single

2017 RECORD

857 - 113, 104, 95

$7,474,218

2017 NYRA RECORD

451 - 56, 46, 52 

$4,011,024

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* On the inaugural Stars & Stripes Day at Belmont in 2014, won the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational aboard Mr Speaker and the Belmont Sprint Championship with Clearly Now

* In 2013, rode Horse of the Year Wise Dan to three victories, including his second straight Breeders’ Cup Mile

* Won his first Breeders’ Cup race aboard his first mount, Maram, in the inaugural running of the Juvenile Fillies Turf in 2008

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Lezcano began riding on his father’s farm before attending the Laffit Pincay Jockey School

FIRST WINNER

* Cloudy Gray, March 14, 2004, Gulfstream Park

NEW YORK STAKES WINS

Alabama: Royal Delta (2011)

Albany: So Lonesome (2014)

Ballston Spa: Laughing (2013)

Bay Shore: Declan’s Warrior (2013)

Beaugay: Waterway Run (2014)

Beldame: Wedding Toast (2015)

Belmont Derby Inv: Mr Speaker (2014)

Belmont Sprint Championship: Clearly Now (2014)

Bold Ruler: Calibrachoa (2011); Le Grand Cru (2009)

Caress: Thieves Guild (2015)

Cigar Mile: To Honor and Serve (2011)

Coronation Cup:  Morticia (2017)

Curlin Stakes: V.E. Day (2014)

De La Rose: Lady Lara (2016)

Demoiselle: Dixie City (2010)

Diana: Laughing (2013)

Dwyer: Speightster (2015); Fly Down (2010)

Empire Distaff: Wonder Gal (2015)

Fall Highweight: Cherokee Country (2009)

Flower Bowl: Laughing (2013)

Frizette: Artemis Agrotera (2013)

Glens Falls: Keertana (2010)

Gotham: Visionaire (2008)

Intercontinental: Mississippi Delta (2017)


Jaipur: Souper Speedy (2013)


Jamaica: Prince Will I Am (2010)

Jockey Club Gold Cup: Ron the Greek (2013)

John Hettinger: You Go West Girl (2009)

John Morrissey: Weekend Hideaway (2014)

Joseph A. Gimma: Filibustin (2016)

Kelso: Le Grand Cru (2009)

Key Cents: Filibustin (2016)

Kingston: Minnie Punt (2010)

Lake George: Winter Memories (2011)

Maid of the Mist: Stormy’s Smile (2008)

Manila: Gallery (2015)

Mike Lee: Preachintothedevil (2011)

Miss Grillo: Winter Memories (2010); Maram (2008)

Mohawk: Black Tide (2017)


Mount Vernon: I Lost My Choo (2009)


Nashua: To Honor and Serve (2010); Buddy’s Saint (2009)


NYSS: Ex Ex Ex (Cab Calloway, 2015); Sarah Accomplished (Fifth Ave., 2008); Follow My Dream (Perfect Arc, 2008); Mor Chances (Thunder Rumble, 2008)

Ogden Phipps: Wedding Toast (2015)

P.G. Johnson: Coasted (2016)

Pilgrim: Isotherm (2015)

Poker: Ballagh Rocks (2017); Obviously (2016); Courageous Cat (2011)

Prioress: Lucy N Ethel (2016)

Quick Call: Pure Sensation (2014)

Remsen: Buddy’s Saint (2009)

Riskaverse:  Defiant Honor (2017)

Ruffian: Wedding Toast (2015)

Sands Point: Discreet Marq (2013); Winter Memories (2011)

Saranac:  Voodoo Song (2017)

Soaring Softly: Morticia (2017)

Suburban Handicap: Zivo (2014)

Ticonderoga: Invading Humor (2015); You Go West Girl (2009-10)

BREEDERS’ CUP WINS

Juvenile Fillies Turf: Maram (2008)

Ladies Classic: Royal Delta (2011)

Mile: Wise Dan (2013)

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