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Leading Jockeys of 2017

Top 100 Leaders by North American Race Earnings.

  • Updated: 8/18/2017 4:00:05 AM
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# Jockey Starts Wins Places Shows Earnings Win% WPS%
1 Jose L. Ortiz 933 185 181 138 $17,703,370 20% 54%
2 Javier Castellano 785 144 130 112 $15,909,589 18% 49%
3 Mike E. Smith 169 47 21 29 $15,012,618 28% 57%
4 Irad Ortiz, Jr. 873 189 173 142 $12,516,692 22% 58%
5 John R. Velazquez 567 118 81 76 $11,717,992 21% 49%
6 Joel Rosario 607 105 104 101 $10,181,428 17% 51%
7 Julien R. Leparoux 517 86 69 70 $8,390,133 17% 44%
8 Luis Saez 884 149 137 124 $8,128,782 17% 46%
9 Flavien Prat 557 121 85 94 $7,546,395 22% 54%
10 Manuel Franco 807 121 103 116 $7,348,668 15% 42%
11 Florent Geroux 614 119 90 93 $7,032,488 19% 49%
12 Tyler Gaffalione 942 203 143 148 $6,887,589 22% 52%
13 Paco Lopez 713 134 112 95 $6,487,483 19% 48%
14 Luis Contreras 618 121 88 87 $6,090,783 20% 48%
15 Corey J. Lanerie 735 135 100 126 $5,582,780 18% 49%
16 Ricardo Santana, Jr. 592 94 102 65 $5,419,752 16% 44%
17 Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 542 85 94 85 $5,204,746 16% 49%
18 Tyler Baze 618 88 106 93 $5,188,053 14% 46%
19 Rajiv Maragh 560 72 73 76 $5,178,447 13% 39%
20 Rafael Bejarano 433 87 70 70 $5,124,123 20% 52%
21 Kendrick Carmouche 541 83 67 58 $4,562,391 15% 38%
22 Ramon A. Vazquez 717 165 114 101 $4,506,808 23% 53%
23 Robby Albarado 514 77 80 75 $4,287,281 15% 45%
24 Eurico Rosa Da Silva 433 103 96 58 $4,222,338 24% 59%
25 Edgard J. Zayas 728 142 104 89 $3,996,336 20% 46%
26 Jose Lezcano 529 70 64 57 $3,976,987 13% 36%
27 Angel S. Arroyo 600 73 70 84 $3,907,361 12% 38%
28 Nik Juarez 742 125 107 107 $3,793,903 17% 46%
29 Kent J. Desormeaux 313 61 53 37 $3,635,564 19% 48%
30 Joseph Talamo 510 80 71 59 $3,610,057 16% 41%
31 Trevor McCarthy 526 106 95 91 $3,457,511 20% 56%
32 Horacio Karamanos 474 87 73 59 $3,339,466 18% 46%
33 Victor Espinoza 152 19 29 17 $3,275,827 13% 43%
34 Frankie Pennington 473 90 85 68 $3,260,457 19% 51%
35 James Graham 624 83 90 78 $3,230,943 13% 40%
36 Jevian Toledo 609 94 99 80 $3,050,804 15% 45%
37 Feargal Lynch 460 82 77 59 $2,946,618 18% 47%
38 Alex Birzer 691 86 104 80 $2,932,729 12% 39%
39 Emisael Jaramillo 691 117 114 63 $2,932,162 17% 43%
40 Antonio A. Gallardo 469 70 70 60 $2,876,456 15% 43%
41 Cornelio H. Velasquez 366 62 51 56 $2,855,160 17% 46%
42 Dylan Davis 503 51 59 63 $2,796,111 10% 34%
43 Richard E. Eramia 800 141 147 118 $2,793,459 18% 51%
44 Evin A. Roman 424 83 66 43 $2,756,445 20% 45%
45 Mario Gutierrez 285 38 44 31 $2,722,782 13% 40%
46 Patrick Husbands 329 60 61 50 $2,683,016 18% 52%
47 Corey S. Nakatani 205 35 33 25 $2,633,636 17% 45%
48 Jon Kenton Court 379 60 35 50 $2,625,160 16% 38%
49 Rafael Manuel Hernandez 470 82 67 60 $2,611,753 17% 44%
50 Deshawn L. Parker 602 106 106 87 $2,566,967 18% 50%
51 Channing Hill 293 35 30 37 $2,558,874 12% 35%
52 Joe Bravo 284 44 47 37 $2,553,880 15% 45%
53 Miguel Mena 574 72 73 63 $2,528,388 13% 36%
54 Diego Saenz 595 134 119 89 $2,526,805 23% 57%
55 Alex L. Canchari 461 86 62 68 $2,469,226 19% 47%
56 Pablo Morales 695 151 113 101 $2,463,064 22% 53%
57 David Cabrera 710 139 130 118 $2,460,268 20% 55%
58 Alex Cintron 441 83 49 56 $2,446,436 19% 43%
59 Mitchell Murrill 614 86 86 90 $2,393,951 14% 43%
60 Tyler Conner 642 129 108 100 $2,390,011 20% 52%
61 Victor R. Carrasco 513 76 80 84 $2,364,850 15% 47%
62 Geovanni Franco 310 49 33 32 $2,334,157 16% 37%
63 Jose Valdivia, Jr. 456 117 85 66 $2,323,436 26% 59%
64 Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 334 60 56 49 $2,310,160 18% 49%
65 Colby J. Hernandez 640 101 93 105 $2,306,227 16% 47%
66 Edwin Gonzalez 557 112 106 77 $2,270,902 20% 53%
67 Gary Boulanger 377 64 49 51 $2,263,152 17% 44%
68 Marcelino Pedroza 575 86 80 83 $2,257,183 15% 43%
69 Angel R. Rodriguez 554 110 115 83 $2,251,775 20% 56%
70 Luca Panici 773 85 81 101 $2,228,144 11% 35%
71 Miguel Angel Vasquez 743 98 99 126 $2,225,085 13% 43%
72 Daniel Centeno 557 114 107 77 $2,185,336 20% 54%
73 Ry Eikleberry 597 101 96 100 $2,182,327 17% 50%
74 Mychel J. Sanchez 469 71 72 51 $2,171,893 15% 41%
75 Emmanuel Esquivel 392 84 59 59 $2,168,039 21% 52%
76 Tiago Josue Pereira 417 48 50 59 $2,112,779 12% 38%
77 Shaun Bridgmohan 388 59 63 49 $2,106,930 15% 44%
78 Jesse M. Campbell 354 52 46 39 $2,106,783 15% 39%
79 Joseph Rocco, Jr. 388 51 43 41 $2,100,166 13% 35%
80 Eric Cancel 379 35 43 49 $2,080,928 9% 34%
81 Alfredo J. Juarez, Jr. 461 113 77 64 $2,043,580 25% 55%
82 Chris Landeros 319 39 40 49 $1,962,178 12% 40%
83 Norberto Arroyo, Jr. 229 38 29 31 $1,936,005 17% 43%
84 Hector Caballero 372 59 66 49 $1,917,049 16% 47%
85 Timothy Thornton 545 144 63 76 $1,887,835 26% 52%
86 Santiago Gonzalez 371 36 48 59 $1,887,486 10% 39%
87 Gary L. Stevens 156 28 20 24 $1,885,646 18% 46%
88 Ashley Broussard 637 95 125 84 $1,880,213 15% 48%
89 Steve D. Hamilton 494 62 60 62 $1,840,470 13% 37%
90 Jose C. Ferrer 410 85 58 49 $1,826,528 21% 47%
91 Ronald Dale Allen, Jr. 670 106 109 104 $1,822,139 16% 48%
92 Ken S. Tohill 526 63 85 78 $1,778,149 12% 43%
93 Iram Vargas Diego 537 129 96 73 $1,770,963 24% 55%
94 Katie Clawson 485 79 63 53 $1,757,566 16% 40%
95 Luis M. Quinones 828 168 124 116 $1,738,760 20% 49%
96 Irving Orozco 516 90 122 75 $1,694,600 17% 56%
97 Hector Rafael Diaz, Jr. 373 43 52 50 $1,686,166 12% 39%
98 Thomas L. Pompell 484 65 57 59 $1,670,078 13% 37%
99 Andrew Wolfsont 481 75 87 79 $1,656,050 16% 50%
100 Martin A. Pedroza 351 36 43 66 $1,630,164 10% 41%

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