Pat Valenzuela

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

Patrick Angel Valenzuela (born October 17 1962 in Montrose Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family his father plus three of his uncles including Ismael Valenzuela were jockeys. He rode his first career winner on November 10 1978 at Sunland Park Racetrack in Sunland Park New Mexico. In 1980 17-year-old Pat Valenzuela became the youngest jockey to ever win the Santa Anita Derby.

award

George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

birth date

1962-10-17

birth place

Montrose Colorado, United States

occupation

Jockey

race

Kentucky Derby, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Breeders' Cup Mile, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Breeders' Cup Turf, Santa Anita Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Preakness Stakes, Hollywood Gold Cup, Arlington Handicap, Queen's Plate, Best Pal Stakes, Clement L. Hirsch Stakes, Del Mar Futurity, Del Mar Handicap, Del Mar Mile Handicap, Super Derby, Woodbine Mile, Sunshine Millions Distaff, Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Sprint, Sunshine Millions Sprint, Santa Anita Handicap, San Juan Capistrano Handicap, Strub Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, American Derby, Beverly D. Stakes, Chandelier Stakes, Del Mar Oaks, Metropolitan Handicap, Pacific Classic Stakes, Santa Anita Oaks, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, Santa Maria Handicap, Secretariat Stakes, Spinster Stakes, Vanity Invitational Handicap, Yellow Ribbon Stakes, Will Rogers Stakes, Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes

race horse

Sunday Silence, Lava Man, Arazi (horse), Best Pal, Opening Verse, Fraise, Bertrando

wins

4000