Jockeys
Jose Lezcano has ranked as one of the top jockeys in North
America by earnings the past couple of years. He attended the
Laffit Pincay Jockey School in his native Panama and began riding
in his home country before moving to the U.S. in Jan. 2003 and
launching his U.S. career at Gulfstream Park. In 2006, Jose won the
2006 riding title at The Meadowlands and carried that success to
Florida where he won the Tampa Bay Downs riding title, the same
season he captured the Gr. III Tampa Bay Derby with Deputy
Glitters. Jose enjoyed a career year in 2008, replacing perennial
leader Joe Bravo as the leading rider at Monmouth Park with 141
wins, then taking the 2008 fall season at the Meadowlands. He
carried that momentum into the 2009 Gulfstream Park meet and also
earned a leading rider title there with 71 wins.
