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Edgar S. Prado (born June 12, 1967 in Lima, Peru) is a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.
His big break came in 1997 when he won 536 races made him the fourth rider in history to win 500 races in one year. Much of that success was gained in Maryland, where he ruled that circuit for several years.
A resident of Hollywood, Florida in 2004 Prado became the 19th jockey in thoroughbred racing history to win 5,000 races.
On May 6, 2006, Prado rode Barbaro to victory in the 132nd Kentucky Derby, 6½ lengths ahead of the second finisher, Bluegrass Cat. The margin of victory was the largest since Triple Crown winner Assault won by eight lengths in 1946. Barbaro was pulled up following a horrific ankle injury during the Preakness Stakes two weeks later. Prado was visibly shaken, declining comment, but by all accounts his fast action on the track contributed to saving the colt's life. (However, Barbaro was euthanized by veterinarians at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center on January 29, 2007.)
Other racing accomplishments include victories in the 2002 and 2004 Belmont Stakes, in each case aboard a longshot depriving a favorite of the United States Triple Crown. In 2002 Prado won the Belmont aboard Sarava, who is the longest shot to ever win the Belmont Stakes in its history at odds of 70¼/1. In 2004 Prado rode Birdstone to victory in the Belmont, denying heavy favorite Smarty Jones the Triple Crown. Prado and Birdstone then went on to win the prestigious Travers Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York in August 2004.
Prado had not won a Breeders' Cup race until 2005, when he won two, riding Folklore to victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and Silver Train in the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
On September 24, 2006, Prado received the New York Racing Association's 2006 Mike Venezia Memorial Award in a paddock ceremony at Belmont Park. The winner of this award is decided by the votes of fellow jockeys, turf writers and an online vote by fans. It honours those "...who exemplify extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship", and is given in memory of Mike Venezia, killed on October 13, 1988 in a spill at Belmont Park. On February 10, 2008 at Gulfstream Park, Edgar Prado achieved his 6000th win. Only 16 jockeys in the United States have achieved this record.
Prado is involved with Belmont Park's "Anna House", a child day care centre providing care for the children of backstretch workers.
On August 4, 2008 he was formally inducted into the National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JockeyEdgar Prado was born into a racing family in Lima, Peru in 1967. His father was an exercise rider and some of his brothers had become jockeys and trainers. After graduating from jockey school, Prado rode his first winner in Peru in 1983 and was the leading rider there before moving to the United States in 1986. He first rode in Florida and then Massachusetts before settling in Maryland, where he was the State’s leading jockey six times (1991-93 and 1997-99).
A racing accident that sent jockey Richard Migliore to the hospital in 1999 enabled Prado to establish his credentials as a world-class jockey. When Migliore was injured in a spill at Belmont Park that spring, trainer John Kimmel secured Prado’s services as Migliore’s replacement. At Saratoga that summer, Prado finished second in the jockey standings, making it clear he had the talent to rank among the sport’s elite jockeys. Prado was the nation’s leading rider in victories three times (1997-99) and in 1997 he became only the fourth jockey ever to win as many as 500 races in one year (535).
Among his achievements are the Kentucky Derby, two Belmont Stakes, three Breeders’ Cup wins and career earnings of $225 million through 2009. In his career he has ridden Barbaro, Sarava, Birdstone, Round Pond, Silver Train, Folklore, Lemon Drop Kid, Saint Liam, Lost in the Fog and Funny Cide. He is the author of “My Guy Barbaro,” a memoir about his relationship with the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner.
Among Prado’s other major victories are the Travers Stakes, Woodward Stakes, Suburban Handicap, Blue Grass Stakes (2), Florida Derby (3), Hopeful Stakes, Pennsylvania Derby, Haskell Invitational, Kentucky Oaks, Santa Anita Handicap, Man o’ War Stakes (2) and the Coaching Club American Oaks (2).
Edgar Prado was inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in 2008.
— — Awards and Achievements:
- Fourstardave Award for Special Achievement at Saratoga 2002 and 2005
- Mike Venezia Memorial Award 2006
- Eclipse Award 2006
- George Woolf Memorial Award 2003
- Won his 6,000th career race at Gulfstream Park in 2008
- Has won 10 riding titles in New York
http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/jockey.asp?ID=439Racing Leaders
Updated: May 14, 2010
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EDGAR PRADO, "THE MAGNIFICENT"
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