Ricardo Santana, Jr.

Birth Date
Nov. 19, 1992
Birthplace
Panama City, Panama

First Win

  • September 21, 2009, on Sprint Queen at Delaware Park

Introduction To Racing

  • Graduated in 2008 from The Laffit Pincay Jr. Jockey Training Academy in Panama 

First NYRA Stakes Win 

  • 2015 Adirondack Stakes on Holy Boss

Career Highlights

  • Won his first Breeders' Cup race in the 2019 Breeders' Cup Sprint on Mitole
  • Won the 2020 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf on Fire At Will
  • Won Six Consecutive Riding Titles at Oaklawn Park from 2013-2018

 

 

 

Starts
1,677
1sts
200
2nds
188
3rds
196
Earnings
$22,197,671
Starts 1sts 2nds 3rds Earnings
2024 203 33 22 22 $2,391,066
2023 150 17 16 18 $1,716,211
2022 105 9 17 17 $1,026,611
2021 230 39 19 28 $5,264,648
2020 115 13 15 18 $1,490,999
2019 191 23 22 23 $3,365,676
2018 204 25 27 19 $3,466,776
2017 254 23 24 26 $1,655,070
2016 202 16 23 23 $1,338,039
2015 12 2 2 1 $370,907
2014 6 0 0 1 $63,644
2013 5 0 1 0 $48,024