Javier Castellano

FIRST WINNER

• July 31, 1997, on Phone Man at Calder

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Moved to the United States in June, 1997

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• In 2023, he won his first Kentucky Derby on Mage and his first Belmont Stakes on Arcangelo
• Won his seventh Travers Stakes aboard Belmont winner Arcangelo in 2023
• Inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame in 2017 when he was just 39 years old
• Won four straight Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Jockey from 2013-16
• Set a record with his fifth Travers victory in 2015 aboard Keen Ice, upsetting Triple Crown champion American Pharoah; also won with V. E. Day (2014); Stay Thirsty (2011); Afleet Express (2010), and Bernardini (2006)
• Had record $28.1 million in earnings in 2015 and has exceeded $20 million in earnings for six consecutive years
• Won six races from seven mounts on Nov. 9, 2013 at Aqueduct
• Rode Bernardini to win the 2006 Preakness, Travers and Jockey Club Gold Cup
• Won his second Preakness in 2017 aboard Cloud Computing

NEW YORK RIDING TITLES

• 2016 Belmont fall, 48 winners (tie)
• 2015 Belmont spring, 56
• 2014 Belmont spring, 51 (tie)
• 2014 Saratoga, 58
• 2013 New York, 239 
• 2013 Belmont fall, 55
• 2013 Saratoga, 66
• 2013 Belmont spring, 72
• 2011 Belmont fall, 42
• 2007 Aqueduct fall, 19
• 2004 Aqueduct spring, 37
• 2002-03 Aqueduct inner track, 76