Patrick Valenzuela

Born:
1962-10-17
Arcadia
California, USA

Currently Residing:
Montrose
Colorado USA

Height: -
Weight: -

His daughters are Michelle, Kristine, Elizabeth and Brianna father A.C. and uncles Milo, Santiago and Mario were jockeys brother Fabian has competed in Arizona and Southern California


Notes:
Patrick Valenzuela is a popular jockey for thoroughbred horses in the North American horseracing circuit. He was born into a racing family his father and three of his uncles rode for a long time in different racetracks of the United States. So, the door was actually open for him only a break was required for him. At 17, Patrick clinched Santa Anita Derby as the youngest jockey and won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1982. Patrick missed an opportunity to become winner of the American Triple Crown in 1989 he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes but failed to win the third leg Belmont stakes riding Sunday Silence. He has won Breeders cup title a record seven times. He is the first to win twice the Breeders Cup races on the same card. He was suspended from racing by the authority concerned in 1990 and again in 2000 he was charged of having performance enhancing drugs. The problem again cropped up in 2004, which resulted into suspension but he came back and won the top jockey award duringthe 2004-05 racing session at Santa Anita Park.

Statistics

Year	Races Run	Wins	Place	Show	Earnings
2010	101	11	16	18	-
2006	883	166	147	108	-
2005	1012	202	196	144	-

Facts

• Breeders Cup Victories

• He has seven Breeders Cup victories under his belt - the 1991 Juvenile (Arazi) and Mile (Opening Verse), 1992 in the Juvenile Fillies (Eliza) and Turf (Fraise), 1986 Juvenile Fillies with Brave Raj, the 1987 Sprint with Very Subtle and the 2003 Distaff with Adoration.

• Important racing Wins

• 1980 Del Mar Oaks, Santa Anita Derby

• 1981 San Juan Capistrano Handicap, Vanity Handicap

• 1982 Spinster Stakes

• 1983 Strub Stakes

• 1984 Santa Anita Handicap

• 1985 Santa Anita Oaks, Kentucky Oaks, Oak Leaf Stakes, Santa Maria Handicap

• 1986 Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies

• 1987 Breeders Cup Sprint, Strub Stakes

• 1989 Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Strub Stakes, Secretariat Stakes, Super Derby, San Juan Capistrano Handicap

• 1990 American Derby

• 1991 Breeders Cup Juvenile, Breeders Cup Mile, Pacific Classic Stakes, Arlington Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, Clement L. Hirsch Handicap, Vanity Handicap

• 1992 Breeders Cup Turf, Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies, San Juan Capistrano Handicap, Spinster Stakes, Clement L. Hirsch Handicap, Arlington-Washington BC Lassie Stakes, Del Mar Handicap

• 1993 Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Anita Oaks

• 1994 Del Mar Handicap

• 1996 Del Mar Handicap

• 2002 Beverly D. Stakes, Yellow Ribbon Stakes

• 2003 Santa Maria Handicap, Breeders Cup Distaff, Yellow Ribbon Stakes, Del Mar Breeders Cup Mile, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, Sunshine Millions Fillies Mares Sprint

• 2005 Del Mar Breeders Cup Mile, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, Hollywood Gold Cup, Queen s Plate

• 2006 Strub Stakes, Sunshine Millions Distaff, Sunshine Millions Sprint, Woodbine Mile