Eric Cancel

Birth Date
Aug. 8, 1996
Birthplace
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Height
5 feet, 1 inch
Weight
110lbs

FIRST WINNER 

  • March 8, 2015 on Little Baker at Gulfstream Park 

INTRODUCTION TO RACING 

  • Parents Efrain Cancel and Gezzela Algarin are both former jockeys 
  • Attended Puerto Rico’s Escuela Vocacional Hípica

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 

  • Clinched his first NYRA riding title by winning six races on closing day of the 2021 Aqueduct Winter Meet
  • Led all North American apprentice jockeys by earnings in 2015 
  • 2015 Eclipse finalist as Outstanding Apprentice 

 

 

Starts
7,202
1sts
821
2nds
913
3rds
975
Earnings
$53,559,616
Starts 1sts 2nds 3rds Earnings
2025 151 24 27 24 $1,417,375
2024 496 56 60 77 $4,729,439
2023 401 57 53 46 $3,711,207
2022 735 76 97 102 $6,054,879
2021 1079 146 159 162 $9,838,097
2020 837 108 115 109 $6,002,482
2019 721 88 94 121 $5,799,109
2018 463 52 55 53 $3,343,705
2017 635 52 69 79 $3,320,622
2016 816 67 78 94 $4,075,552
2015 868 95 106 108 $5,267,149