Jessica Pyfer started her equestrian career later than some apprentices, not until she was 20, but her maturity and talent for riding have led her to become an apprentice rider. Winner of the 2021 Eclipse Award. Honored in a ceremony on February 10 at Santa Anita . ParkShe became the third woman to win the coveted award for apprentices, after Rosemary Homeister Jr. in 1992 and Emma-Jayne Wilson in 2005.
Pyfer, 23, led all North American apprentices in mount earnings last year and also ranked second in wins. She rode 56 winners from 535 rides until the end of her apprenticeship on November 13 and had an income of $2,738,863.
Counting the stats after she dropped her allowable weight as a trainee, she ended the year with 59 wins from 557 rides. Her mount earned $2,857,333.
A graduate of Azusa Pacific University with a degree in political science and a constitutional law minor, Pyfer was also a quick learner in the racetrack. After winning her first race on October 9, 2020, in Santa Anita, she became a racer in-demand at Santa Anita’s Southern California Grand Circuits, Del Marand Los Alamitos . Racecourse.
Last May, she set an alleged Southern California record by becoming the first female trainee racer to win four races in just one day. She finished against Santa Anita 2020-21 winter/spring with sixth place in the standings.
