Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).
John R. Velazquez (born November 24 1971 in Carolina Puerto Rico) is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He learned to ride in his native Puerto Rico. On January 3 1990 he won his first race aboard Rodas at El Nuevo Comandante racetrack in Canóvanas Puerto Rico.
- award
- Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey, United States Champion Jockey by earnings, George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award
- birth date
- 1971-11-24
- birth place
- Puerto Rico, Carolina Puerto Rico
- honours
- National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
- occupation
- Jockey
- race
- Kentucky Derby, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Breeders' Cup Mile, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Fountain of Youth Stakes, Sanford Stakes, Lawrence Realization Stakes, Ohio Derby, Orchid Stakes, Dubai World Cup, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, Breeders' Cup Marathon, Old Hat Stakes, Sabin Stakes, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Dwyer Stakes, Massachusetts Handicap, Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship, Louisiana Derby, Maker's Mark Mile Stakes, Saranac Stakes, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes, Woodbine Mile, E. P. Taylor Stakes, Brooklyn Handicap, Remsen Stakes, Ladies Handicap, Beaugay Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Appalachian Stakes, Acorn Stakes, Alabama Stakes, Ashland Stakes, Beldame Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, Champagne Stakes (United States), Clark Handicap, Florida Derby, Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes, Frizette Stakes, Garden City Handicap, La Brea Stakes, Matron Stakes (United States), Metropolitan Handicap, Mother Goose Stakes, Personal Ensign Stakes, Prioress Stakes, Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes, Suburban Handicap, Test Stakes, Vosburgh Stakes, Whitney Handicap, Belmont Futurity Stakes, Jamaica Handicap, Vagrancy Handicap, Queen Mary Stakes, Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap
- race horse
- Roses In May, Scat Daddy, Rags to Riches (horse), Flower Alley, Lawyer Ron, Kitten's Joy, Lemon Drop Kid, Ashado, Indian Blessing, Commentator (horse), Uncle Mo, Circular Quay (horse), Storm Flag Flying, Da Hoss, Animal Kingdom (horse), Bluegrass Cat
- wins
- 5111