Mid-Atlantic rider Jaime Rodriguez led the nation in wins last week posting an impressive 11 wins from 25 Jockey of the Week-winning mounts from June 20 to June 26. voted by a panel of racing experts, honoring riders who are members of the Jockeys’ Guild, the organization representing more than 1050 active, retired and permanently disabled jockey players. in the United States.
Riding at Delaware Park last week, Rodriguez had three days of multiple wins and a total of six races for top longtime Delaware Park coach Jamie Ness, whom he rode for the first time. This duo has a win rate of 34%. He also won races for Ben Perkins, Jr., Michael Gorham, Samuel Cronk, Antonio Machado and Victor Barboza Jr.
A native of Puerto Rico, Rodriguez, 31, attended the famous Hipica Escuela Vocacional jockey school. He was riding in Aqueduct and Belmont Park when he moved to the state in 2010. In 2012, he moved in to play in the Finger Lakes, where he dominated the leaderboards for several years while also riding in Mahoning Valley. In 2020, Rodriguez made Delaware Park his establishment third on the chart. In 2021, Rodriguez won his first top driver title at Delaware Park with 114 wins. He currently leads the Delaware Park leaderboard with 29 wins, 10 more than Carol Cedeno, who has won multiple Delaware Park top racer titles. Rodriguez also rode in Laurel Park, Penn National and Parx.
Rodriguez won the 1,000th race of his career on February 21, 2018, in Mahoning Valley and he has 1,777 wins in his lifetime through June 26. His stats That week is 25-11-3-2 with 44% win rate, 64% in – money percentage and $208.685 in total wallet.
Other nominees for Jockey of the Week are Tyler Gaffalione with a bet win at Thistledown, CJ McMahon with a 70% edge, Irad Ortiz Jr., who won the Ohio Class III Derby, and Joel Rosario with a win won in Level II Mother Goose.
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