Joel Rosario

Birthdate: January 14, 1985

Birthplace: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Height: 5 feet, 2 inches

Weight: 109 pounds

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Won the 2014 Belmont Stakes aboard Tonalist, denying California Chrome the Triple Crown
Rode Orb to win the 2013 Kentucky Derby
Rode Animal Kingdom to victory in the 2013 Dubai World Cup, becoming only the second jockey in history to win the Kentucky Derby and Dubai World Cup in the same year
Notched win No. 2,000 on April 23, 2015 at Keeneland aboard Dating Lady Luck

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Dominican bloodstock agent and former trainer Herbert Soto arranged for Rosario to come to the U.S. in 2006, where he rode first at Fairplex Park before heading north to Golden Gate Fields

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

Attended the races with an older brother, and when he was 13, asked his family if he could become a jockey

FIRST WINNER (U.S.)

Slew Fly, Oct. 5, 2006, Fresno

All-Time NYRA Career Stats

Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
7316	1271	1212	1109	$126,575,889.00

Recent Years

Year	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
2024	351	51	59	57	$6,611,745.00
2023	369	55	67	52	$7,036,373.00
2022	454	94	88	57	$11,874,843.00
2021	556	100	82	80	$10,726,485.00
2020	599	106	112	95	$8,210,869.00
2019	657	121	107	118	$11,719,294.00
2018	574	104	108	85	$9,412,251.00
2017	676	114	110	111	$10,763,700.00
2016	686	105	90	116	$10,916,088.00
2015	653	107	116	73	$10,731,841.00
2014	635	123	92	101	$12,969,031.00
2013	590	112	107	85	$9,620,271.00
2012	516	79	74	79	$5,983,098.00

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