Jorge Velásquez, born on 28 December 1946, is a Panamanian retired thoroughbred horse racing jockey who began his career in Panama and moved to the United States as a teenager. In 1967 he won more races than any other American jockey and in 1969 he led in money won. In 1978 he finished second aboard Alydar to Affirmed in all three Triple Crown races, by a combined margin of less than two lengths, and in 1981 he won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes on Pleasant Colony. He won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Breeders' Cup Classic in 1985, was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1990 and retired in 1997 with 6,795 wins.
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is a Panamanian retired thoroughbred horse racing jockey
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is a Panamanian retired thoroughbred horse racing jockey
Competed In: Kentucky Derby, Lead, 1981
he rode Pleasant Colony to victory in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Competed In: Preakness Stakes, Lead, 1981 Preakness
he rode Pleasant Colony to victory in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
Competed In: Belmont Stakes, Lead, 1981 Belmont
finished third to Summing in the Belmont Stakes
Competed In: Breeders' Cup, Lead, 1985
won the 1985 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies and the Breeders' Cup Classic
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