Reigning Eclipse Award winner Joel Rosario went from Kentucky Downs arrive Churchill Downs win three bet races including two graded bets to win Jockey of the week from September 12 to September 18. The prize, voted for by a panel of racing experts, honors the title of Jockey of the week. honors riders who are members of the Jockeys’ Guild, an organization representing more than 1050 active, retired, and permanently disabled jockeys in the United States.
On Tuesday, Rosario was at the Kentucky Downs to give them a makeover from Sunday when races were canceled after the first two innings because of inclement weather. Riding for the Eclipse Award coach, Brad Cox, Rosario participated Adventure in the AGS Level III Women’s Marathon. As the second pick in the nine-horse field, Adventuring takes command out of the gate and tries to fight to finish the favorites, Family Road and won by length 1-1/2 in 2:08.28 for a mile and five sixteen.
“Perfect trip,” said Rosario. “The dirty girl did all the work. You can see how she runs that if someone challenges her, she will keep moving forward.”
Wednesday is Closing Day at the Kentucky Downs with a 12 race card and Rosario is on board regenerative force in Kentucky Downs Juvenile Mile. Coming from the back of a herd in an eight-horse field, the Reckoning Force swept through most of the field from the outside to win by a neck. Deer . County in 1:34.03 for miles. The first win at the Kentucky Downs went to coach Joseph O’Brien, son of legendary Irish coach Aidan O’Brien.
“I was in a good position the whole time and wasn’t too far from the lead and he was constantly hitting hard,” Rosario said. “He seemed really professional. I took him out and he decided to go and he just kept moving forward.”
Moved to Churchill Downs, Rosario was in the ironing board for coach Philip Bauer Play hard in the Class III Deer Trench. Rosario and Played Hard sat right next to the leader, Crazy beautiful through the first comfortable fractions. Leaving the first leg, Rosario asked for Played Hard and she responded, kicking off the field to score a 5-3/4 win at 1:43.50 for a mile and a sixteenth.
Rosario said: “I just let her out the gate. “I trusted her most of the way around there with how well she walked. When I asked her to go, she just really replied as I thought. It was a first. I went with her at first but I’ve seen her form and looked at her previous races.It looks like she entered this race in really good form and she showed. that. “
Rosario’s weekly stats include seven wins and a wallet total of $1,355,611 to lead all jockeys in terms of stakes and total wallets.
Other nominees for Jockey of the Week are Julien Leparoux, who won the Gr. III Pocahontas, Jose Lezcano with two bets, Irad Ortiz, Jr., who won the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational and took 11 wins to lead all drivers of the week, and Jaime Rodriguez, who won 10 race.
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