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Manuel Franco

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Birthdate: December 19, 1994
Birthplace: Carolina, Puerto Rico
Height: 5 feet, 1 inch
Weight: 112 pounds

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. 

INTRODUCTION TO RACING 

  • Went to the track with his father in Puerto Rico; attended jockey school there in 2012 

FIRST WINNER 

  • Skylight Citizen, Jan. 2, 2013, Camarero, PR 

All-Time NYRA Career Stats

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
14565 2212 2118 2114 $150,116,812.00

Recent Years

Year Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings
2025 489 100 94 90 $6,146,195.00
2023 1219 238 196 180 $17,329,801.00
2022 1078 175 151 156 $13,583,256.00
2021 1328 183 199 182 $13,859,079.00
2020 910 129 113 154 $8,960,794.00
2019 1273 212 216 190 $14,664,778.00
2018 1366 244 207 221 $15,793,904.00
2017 1289 184 172 184 $12,150,858.00
2016 1478 193 199 192 $12,317,578.00
2015 1194 147 166 159 $8,929,838.00
2014 1211 154 149 157 $8,088,475.00
2013 645 57 58 82 $2,975,310.00
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