The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey is an American thoroughbred horse racing honor for jockeys first awarded in 1971. Part of the Eclipse Awards program, it is awarded annually.
In 1995, Russell Baze was honored with the Eclipse Special Award for being the first jockey ever to win 400 or more races in a year for four years in a row.
Records
Most wins:
- 7 - Jerry Bailey (1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
- 5 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1985)
- 4 - Pat Day (1984, 1986, 1987, 1991)
- 4 - Javier Castellano (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
- 4 - Irad Ortiz Jr. (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
Past winners:
- 1971 : Laffit Pincay, Jr.
Panama - 1972 : Braulio Baeza Panama
- 1973 : Laffit Pincay, Jr. Panama
- 1974 : Laffit Pincay, Jr. Panama
- 1975 : Braulio Baeza Panama
- 1976 : Sandy Hawley
Canada - 1977 : Steve Cauthen
United States - 1978 : Darrel McHargue United States
- 1979 : Laffit Pincay, Jr. Panama
- 1980 : Chris McCarron United States
- 1981 : Bill Shoemaker United States
- 1982 : Ángel Cordero, Jr.
Puerto Rico - 1983 : Ángel Cordero, Jr. Puerto Rico
- 1984 : Pat Day United States
- 1985 : Laffit Pincay, Jr. Panama
- 1986 : Pat Day United States
- 1987 : Pat Day United States
- 1988 : José A. Santos
Chile - 1989 : Kent Desormeaux United States
- 1990 : Craig Perret United States
- 1991 : Pat Day United States
- 1992 : Kent Desormeaux United States
- 1993 : Mike E. Smith United States
- 1994 : Mike E. Smith United States
- 1995 : Jerry Bailey United States
- 1996 : Jerry Bailey United States
- 1997 : Jerry Bailey United States
- 1998 : Gary Stevens United States
- 1999 : Jorge F. Chavez
Peru
- 2000 : Jerry Bailey United States
- 2001 : Jerry Bailey United States
- 2002 : Jerry Bailey United States
- 2003 : Jerry Bailey United States
- 2004 : John R. Velazquez Puerto Rico
- 2005 : John R. Velazquez Puerto Rico
- 2006 : Edgar Prado Peru
- 2007 : Garrett Gomez United States
- 2008 : Garrett Gomez United States
- 2009 : Julien Leparoux
France - 2010 : Ramon Dominguez
Venezuela - 2011 : Ramon Dominguez Venezuela
- 2012 : Ramon Dominguez Venezuela
- 2013 : Javier Castellano Venezuela
- 2014 : Javier Castellano Venezuela
- 2015 : Javier Castellano Venezuela
- 2016 : Javier Castellano Venezuela
- 2017 : José Ortiz Puerto Rico
- 2018 : Irad Ortiz Jr. Puerto Rico
- 2019 : Irad Ortiz Jr. Puerto Rico
- 2020 : Irad Ortiz Jr. Puerto Rico
- 2021 : Joel Rosario
Dominican Republic - 2022 : Irad Ortiz Jr. Puerto Rico
See also
References
- The Eclipse Awards at the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of America, Inc.
- The Bloodhorse.com Champion's history charts
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