Manuel Franco

Birthdate: December 19, 1994

Birthplace: Carolina, Puerto Rico

Height: 5 feet, 1 inch

Weight: 112 pounds

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Won his first Grade 1 on October 1, 2016 with Joking in the Vosburgh, and followed with his second a week later with Yellow Agate in the Frizette.

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

Went to the track with his father in Puerto Rico; attended jockey school there in 2012

FIRST WINNER

Skylight Citizen, Jan. 2, 2013, Camarero, PR

All-Time NYRA Career Stats

Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
14028	2100	2017	2021	$143,089,600.00

Recent Years

Year	Starts	1st	2nd	3rd	Earnings
2024	1037	184	191	164	$14,435,929.00
2023	1219	238	196	180	$17,329,801.00
2022	1078	175	151	156	$13,583,256.00
2021	1328	183	199	182	$13,859,079.00
2020	910	129	113	154	$8,960,794.00
2019	1273	212	216	190	$14,664,778.00
2018	1366	244	207	221	$15,793,904.00
2017	1289	184	172	184	$12,150,858.00
2016	1478	193	199	192	$12,317,578.00
2015	1194	147	166	159	$8,929,838.00
2014	1211	154	149	157	$8,088,475.00
2013	645	57	58	82	$2,975,310.00

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