Alan Garcia (jockey)

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

Alan Garcia (born October 2 1985 in Lima Peru) is a thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He was Peru’s leading apprentice jockey in 2003 and in that same year he began racing in the United States at the Meadowlands Racetrack where he was also the leading apprentice. His father and grandfather were both jockeys in Peru. He is currently married and lives in Westbury New York with his wife and child. Garcia got his big break in 2007 when he won the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf.

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birth date

1985-10-02

birth place

Peru, Lima, Lima Province

occupation

Jockey

race

Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Adirondack Stakes, Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap, Bernard Baruch Handicap, Count Fleet Stakes, Cicada Stakes, Colonial Turf Cup, Fort Marcy Handicap, Poker Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Stuyvesant Handicap, Cliff Hanger Stakes, Bold Ruler Handicap, UAE Derby, Withers Stakes, Noble Damsel Handicap, Wadsworth Memorial Handicap, Ladies Handicap, Nashua Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Sands Point Stakes, Arlington Million, Coaching Club American Oaks, Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes, New York Stakes, Jefferson Cup Stakes, Nassau Stakes (Canada), New York Stallion Series, Jimmy Winkfield Stakes

race horse

Funny Cide, Da' Tara