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Leading Jockeys of 2017

Top 100 Leaders by North American Race Earnings.

  • Updated: 01/11/2018 4:35:17 PM
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# Jockey Starts Wins Places Shows Earnings Win% WPS%
1 Jose L. Ortiz 1,408 270 259 211 $27,318,875 19% 53%
2 Javier Castellano 1,270 223 234 186 $25,099,317 18% 51%
3 Irad Ortiz, Jr. 1,492 317 285 227 $22,925,086 21% 56%
4 John R. Velazquez 946 206 128 127 $20,780,733 22% 49%
5 Mike E. Smith 275 70 38 45 $20,540,871 25% 56%
6 Joel Rosario 1,010 170 161 170 $17,975,708 17% 50%
7 Florent Geroux 997 177 133 143 $14,418,901 18% 45%
8 Luis Saez 1,449 236 206 197 $13,403,109 16% 44%
9 Julien R. Leparoux 800 136 106 102 $13,390,756 17% 43%
10 Manuel Franco 1,327 187 175 188 $12,681,817 14% 41%
11 Flavien Prat 835 164 134 145 $12,608,813 20% 53%
12 Tyler Gaffalione 1,448 294 236 216 $11,088,517 20% 52%
13 Luis Contreras 1,093 221 164 145 $10,391,155 20% 48%
14 Paco Lopez 1,051 190 162 135 $9,606,435 18% 46%
15 Corey J. Lanerie 1,297 231 185 207 $9,447,710 18% 48%
16 Ricardo Santana, Jr. 960 150 153 104 $8,923,191 16% 42%
17 Eurico Rosa Da Silva 826 203 186 121 $8,528,236 25% 62%
18 Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 912 133 147 131 $8,317,228 15% 45%
19 Kendrick Carmouche 928 136 111 104 $7,786,022 15% 38%
20 Jose Lezcano 857 113 104 95 $7,474,218 13% 36%
21 Robby Albarado 912 118 129 133 $7,394,733 13% 42%
22 Kent J. Desormeaux 542 109 87 58 $7,348,961 20% 47%
23 Tyler Baze 977 130 160 134 $7,338,754 13% 43%
24 Rafael Bejarano 674 125 111 102 $7,280,393 19% 50%
25 Edgard J. Zayas 1,247 236 193 161 $7,215,196 19% 47%
26 Rajiv Maragh 828 97 95 101 $6,919,020 12% 35%
27 Ramon A. Vazquez 1,123 260 193 167 $6,566,948 23% 55%
28 Nik Juarez 1,144 188 154 150 $6,470,219 16% 43%
29 Emisael Jaramillo 1,150 233 203 114 $5,992,670 20% 48%
30 Rafael Manuel Hernandez 936 166 129 118 $5,775,807 18% 44%
31 Angel S. Arroyo 869 106 104 111 $5,525,468 12% 37%
32 Patrick Husbands 622 127 115 83 $5,471,162 20% 52%
33 Joe Bravo 507 84 77 70 $5,454,971 17% 46%
34 Joseph Talamo 751 106 103 92 $5,444,274 14% 40%
35 Feargal Lynch 748 135 122 93 $5,324,833 18% 47%
36 Jevian Toledo 1,036 172 162 135 $5,313,115 17% 45%
37 Evin A. Roman 885 164 125 108 $5,100,964 19% 45%
38 Dylan Davis 859 92 111 104 $5,037,398 11% 36%
39 Mario Gutierrez 480 58 67 58 $5,032,968 12% 38%
40 Drayden Van Dyke 404 61 41 41 $5,022,456 15% 35%
41 James Graham 950 116 131 119 $5,019,866 12% 39%
42 Frankie Pennington 730 135 125 110 $4,930,876 18% 51%
43 Horacio Karamanos 778 118 105 112 $4,847,063 15% 43%
44 Victor Espinoza 275 34 42 31 $4,589,425 12% 39%
45 Richard E. Eramia 1,194 211 215 177 $4,565,994 18% 51%
46 Corey S. Nakatani 329 55 54 39 $4,474,221 17% 45%
47 Antonio A. Gallardo 802 144 136 113 $4,421,365 18% 49%
48 Miguel Mena 932 125 113 99 $4,290,203 13% 36%
49 Gary Boulanger 770 104 100 111 $4,255,819 14% 41%
50 Diego Saenz 935 217 173 129 $4,237,793 23% 56%
51 Deshawn L. Parker 989 165 165 126 $4,220,820 17% 46%
52 Jose Valdivia, Jr. 769 185 123 105 $4,175,598 24% 54%
53 Alex Cintron 754 132 89 103 $4,137,090 18% 43%
54 David Cabrera 1,089 197 177 167 $4,085,101 18% 50%
55 Jon Kenton Court 675 88 63 80 $4,013,482 13% 34%
56 Marcelino Pedroza 953 152 137 126 $3,917,019 16% 44%
57 Jesse M. Campbell 702 93 83 79 $3,871,244 13% 36%
58 Daniel Centeno 840 172 153 109 $3,817,987 20% 52%
59 Alex Birzer 979 119 133 115 $3,748,507 12% 37%
60 Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 552 97 85 77 $3,730,913 18% 47%
61 Martin Garcia 320 34 36 35 $3,652,307 11% 33%
62 Mitchell Murrill 944 133 143 142 $3,616,345 14% 44%
63 Mychel J. Sanchez 787 119 107 95 $3,599,730 15% 41%
64 Chris Landeros 551 68 69 76 $3,596,304 12% 39%
65 Pablo Morales 962 201 148 139 $3,592,765 21% 51%
66 Eric Cancel 655 54 72 83 $3,571,370 8% 32%
67 Ry Eikleberry 858 158 133 133 $3,550,513 18% 49%
68 Trevor McCarthy 537 107 97 92 $3,525,981 20% 55%
69 Edwin Gonzalez 805 155 151 106 $3,458,778 19% 51%
70 Channing Hill 466 58 47 53 $3,443,180 12% 34%
71 Colby J. Hernandez 889 147 137 136 $3,439,183 17% 47%
72 Junior Alvarado 372 48 48 42 $3,435,834 13% 37%
73 Angel R. Rodriguez 886 174 164 143 $3,419,270 20% 54%
74 Joseph Rocco, Jr. 640 72 70 66 $3,337,409 11% 33%
75 Shaun Bridgmohan 572 93 83 70 $3,336,899 16% 43%
76 Alex L. Canchari 697 114 86 93 $3,292,187 16% 42%
77 Emmanuel Esquivel 630 115 93 90 $3,278,073 18% 47%
78 Alfredo J. Juarez, Jr. 771 171 128 109 $3,236,290 22% 53%
79 Luca Panici 1,119 116 121 154 $3,202,813 10% 35%
80 Luis M. Quinones 1,451 287 238 206 $3,178,951 20% 50%
81 Gary L. Stevens 264 43 37 37 $3,147,325 16% 44%
82 Jomar Torres 838 131 96 119 $3,053,340 16% 41%
83 Miguel Angel Vasquez 1,009 124 148 157 $3,044,555 12% 43%
84 Tiago Josue Pereira 646 69 68 84 $3,042,023 11% 34%
85 Steve D. Hamilton 751 95 97 100 $2,936,397 13% 39%
86 Edgar S. Prado 383 54 62 50 $2,881,297 14% 43%
87 Cornelio H. Velasquez 366 62 51 56 $2,855,160 17% 46%
88 Emma-Jayne Wilson 660 61 90 92 $2,837,401 9% 37%
89 Iram Vargas Diego 839 170 142 108 $2,830,736 20% 50%
90 Sheldon Russell 565 86 93 80 $2,815,581 15% 46%
91 Tyler Conner 776 141 120 118 $2,809,011 18% 49%
92 Timothy Thornton 830 190 123 118 $2,802,897 23% 52%
93 Ashley Broussard 926 136 165 133 $2,795,935 15% 47%
94 Juan J. Hernandez 694 162 123 123 $2,788,590 23% 59%
95 Hector Caballero 574 88 103 70 $2,762,148 15% 45%
96 Forest Boyce 620 79 79 93 $2,749,425 13% 40%
97 Fernando De La Cruz 761 131 97 105 $2,736,910 17% 44%
98 Stewart Elliott 582 66 74 82 $2,720,941 11% 38%
99 Ruben Silvera 634 96 84 86 $2,659,333 15% 42%
100 Santiago Gonzalez 562 52 72 92 $2,644,713 9% 38%

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