Joel Rosario

Birth Date
Jan. 14, 1985
Birthplace
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height
5 feet, 2 inches
Weight
109lbs

FIRST WINNER (U.S.)

  • Oct. 5, 2006, on Slew Fly at Fresno

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

  • Attended the races with an older brother, and when he was 13, asked his family if he could become a jockey

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

  • Dominican bloodstock agent and former trainer Herbert Soto arranged for Rosario to come to the U.S. in 2006, where he rode first at Fairplex Park before heading north to Golden Gate Fields

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2024 Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Has won 16 Breeders' Cup races, his first on Dancing in Silks in the 2009 Sprint and his latest on Full Serrano in the 2024 Dirt Mile
  • Won 2022 Travers Stakes on Epicenter
  • Won the 2021 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
  • Won the 2019 Belmont Stakes on Sir Winston
  • Notched win No. 2,000 on April 23, 2015 at Keeneland aboard Dating Lady Luck
  • Won the 2014 Belmont Stakes aboard Tonalist, denying California Chrome the Triple Crown
  • Rode Orb to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby
  • Rode Animal Kingdom to victory in the 2013 Dubai World Cup, becoming only the second jockey in history to win the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup in the same year

 

 

 

Starts
7,358
1sts
1,283
2nds
1,218
3rds
1,116
Earnings
$127,470,258
Starts 1sts 2nds 3rds Earnings
2024 382 60 62 62 $7,080,349
2023 369 55 67 52 $7,031,623
2022 461 94 90 58 $11,932,743
2021 556 100 82 80 $10,726,485
2020 599 106 112 95 $8,213,189
2019 657 121 107 118 $11,719,294
2018 574 104 108 85 $9,412,686
2017 677 115 110 111 $10,796,700
2016 688 106 91 117 $10,952,948
2015 653 107 116 73 $10,731,841
2014 635 123 92 101 $12,969,031
2013 590 112 107 85 $9,620,271
2012 516 79 74 79 $5,983,098