John R. Velazquez, known as Johnny V, was born on 24 November 1971 in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He won his first race on 3 January 1990 at El Nuevo Comandante racetrack, moved to New York that year and was United States champion jockey by earnings in 2004 and 2005, winning the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey both times. 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. His victories include fifteen Breeders' Cup races and the Kentucky Derby in 2011, 2017 and 2020, and he won the 2007 Belmont Stakes on the filly Rags to Riches.
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is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing
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is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing
Competed In: Kentucky Derby, Racing career, 2011
On May 7, 2011, Velazquez won his first Kentucky Derby
Competed In: Preakness Stakes, Racing career, 2011
He rode Animal Kingdom again in the 136th Preakness Stakes
Competed In: Belmont Stakes, Racing career, 2007
Going into the 2007 Belmont Stakes, Velazquez was 0 for 21 in American Triple Crown races.
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