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Javier Castellano

Birthdate: October 23, 1977

Birthplace: Maracaibo, Venezuela

Height: 5 feet, 1 inch

Weight: 114 pounds

NEW YORK RIDING TITLES

2016 Belmont fall, 48 (tie)
2015 Belmont spring, 56 winners
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

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

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
Has had four five-win days at Saratoga: Sept. 2, 2013; July 25, 2010; Sept. 3, 2005; and Sept. 6, 2004

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Moved to the United States in June, 1997

FIRST WINNER

Phone Man, July 31, 1997, Calder

All-Time NYRA Career Stats

Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
8843	1658	1494	1283	$146,085,380.00

Recent Years

Year	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
2025	9	2	1	2	$163,305.00
2023	628	82	106	99	$10,819,780.00
2022	618	109	92	64	$7,843,126.00
2021	590	77	78	73	$6,594,335.00
2020	356	65	56	59	$5,590,693.00
2019	541	114	98	84	$10,878,104.00
2018	655	130	132	82	$12,397,815.00
2017	744	119	144	108	$12,849,598.00
2016	798	163	134	135	$14,390,127.00
2015	861	174	146	135	$16,623,080.00
2014	787	168	140	122	$14,587,289.00
2013	1043	239	185	146	$17,107,244.00
2012	871	178	143	130	$12,171,200.00

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