John R. Velazquez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John R. Velazquez

Puerto Rican jockey

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1971

Place of Birth: Carolina, Puerto Rico, United States

Profession: jockey

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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John R.
Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.
He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990.
In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both years was given the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey.
He was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, rode his 5,000th winner in 2013, and became the leading money-earning jockey in the history of the sport in 2014. A winner of fifteen Breeders' Cup and four Triple Crown races including the 2011 and 2017 Kentucky Derby, Velázquez has also won major graded stakes races such as the Kentucky Oaks, Metropolitan Handicap, Whitney Handicap, Dubai World Cup and Woodbine Mile.