Manuel Franco
Dec. 19, 1994
Carolina, Puerto Rico
5 feet, 1 inch
112lbs
FIRST WINNER
- January 2, 2013, on Skylight Citizen at Camarero (P.R.)
First NYRA WIN
- March 22, 2013, on Roaring Seasons at Aqueduct
INTRODUCTION TO RACING
- Went to the track with his father in Puerto Rico; attended jockey school there in 2012
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Won his first Grade 1 on October 1, 2016 with Joking in the Vosburgh, and followed with his second a week later with Yellow Agate in the Frizette.
- Won his first Breeders' Cup race in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf on Sharing
- Won his first Triple Crown race in the 2020 Belmont Stakes on Tiz the Law
- Won the 2024 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on Immersive
- Won his 2,000th race on Spirit of St Louis for trainer Chad Brown in the Mohawk Stakes on Closing Day of the 2023 Belmont at the Big A Fall Meet
NYRA Meet Titles
- 2024 Aqueduct fall, 34 winners
- 2024 Belmont at the Big A spring, 37
- 2024 Aqueduct spring, 28
- 2023 Aqueduct fall, 40
- 2023 Belmont at the Big A fall, 34
- 2023 Aqueduct spring, 37
- 2023 Aqueduct winter, 63
- 2020 Aqueduct winter, 64
- 2019 Belmont fall, 44
- 2019 Aqueduct spring, 18
- 2019 Aqueduct winter, 98
- 2018 Aqueduct fall, 25
- 2018 Aqueduct winter, 62
14,307
2,172
2,074
2,060
$147,089,912
| Starts | 1sts | 2nds | 3rds | Earnings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 234 | 58 | 51 | 40 | $3,056,555 |
| 2024 | 1085 | 196 | 198 | 167 | $15,318,056 |
| 2023 | 1219 | 241 | 193 | 180 | $17,388,726 |
| 2022 | 1081 | 175 | 151 | 157 | $13,598,786 |
| 2021 | 1328 | 183 | 200 | 181 | $13,861,639 |
| 2020 | 910 | 129 | 113 | 154 | $8,962,194 |
| 2019 | 1274 | 212 | 217 | 190 | $14,674,143 |
| 2018 | 1366 | 245 | 206 | 221 | $15,835,489 |
| 2017 | 1290 | 184 | 173 | 183 | $12,165,055 |
| 2016 | 1470 | 191 | 199 | 189 | $12,235,646 |
| 2015 | 1194 | 147 | 166 | 159 | $8,929,838 |
| 2014 | 1211 | 154 | 149 | 157 | $8,088,475 |
| 2013 | 645 | 57 | 58 | 82 | $2,975,310 |