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| Javier Castellano |
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
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| 2009 Stats: | | Starts | | 963 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 139-145-135 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $8,273,666 (17) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 14% (43%) |
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Top Associated Horses:
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Capt. Candyman Can,
Criticism,
Marsh Side,
Telling,
Straight Story,
Gabby's Golden Gal |
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Biography, Highlights and Media:
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- Height: 5’1”
- Weight: 110
- Born: Oct. 23, 1977, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Residence: Garden City, N.Y.
- Family: wife Abby; daughters Kayla Marie and Sienna Grace.
- Through Oct. 4, 2009, Castellano ranked 20th nationally in earnings with $6,282,706 and has had 99 winners from 798 mounts. He rode those winners at a 12% rate, finishing in the money 42% of the time.
- Has fared very well in Breeders' Cup races, winning with his first and only mount in 2004 when Ghostzapper won the Breeders' Cup Classic at Lone Star Park. He finished second aboard Bernardini in the 2006 edition of the Classic at Churchill Downs, was third in the Juvenile Fillies aboard Backseat Rhythm in 2007, and was third in the Ladies' Classic on Music Note in 2008.
- Currently based on the New York/Florida circuit of Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course, and Gulfstream Park. Also will ship to Kentucky's Keeneland Race Course to ride stakes contenders; agent Matt Muzikar, formerly with Eibar Coa, picked up his book in the spring of 2009.
- Top mounts of 2009 included Capt. Candyman Can (G1 NetJets King's Bishop Stakes, G3 Bay Shore Stakes, Matt Winn Stakes), Gaby's Golden Gal (G1 Acorn Stakes), Telling (G1 Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes), Salve Germania (G2 Ballston Spa Handicap), Criticism (G2 Sheepshead Bay Stakes, G2 La Prevoyante Handicap), El Crespo (G3 Palm Beach Stakes), Flashing (G3 Nassau County Stakes), Heros Reward (G3 Shakertown Stakes), and Wesley (G3 Miami Mile Handicap).
- In 2008 he rode 2006 Breeders' Cup Turf winner and Turf Champion Red Rocks to victory over Curlin in the G1 Man o’ War Stakes on the Belmont Park lawn, issuing the only defeat the reigning Horse of the Year had suffered at that point in the season.
- Earned his first Classic win with Bernardini in the G1 Preakness Stakes in 2006, a race marred by the breakdown of Barbaro, winner of that year's G1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands. Ridden by Castellano in all of his starts, Bernardini went on to be named champion 3-year-old of 2006 with additional wins in the G1 Travers Stakes and G1 Jockey Club Gold Cup.
- Has won riding titles at Aqueduct, Tropical-at-Calder and Hialeah. Twice has won five races on one card at Saratoga. He accomplished the feat in 2004 on Sept. 7 and in 2005 on Sept. 3.
- Moved to New York in 2001 on the advice of his then-agent Steve Adika and was immediately successful, finishing sixth in the New York jockey standings. He was second in 2002.
- Started riding in Venezuela in 1996; moved to the United States a few months later in June 1997, riding on the South Florida circuit. First winner in the United States was Phone Man on July 31, 1997, at Calder.
- Calls his father, a former jockey who died in 2000, the biggest influence on his career. His uncle also was a jockey and his brother Abel Jr. rides year-round in South Florida. Father-in-law Terry Meyocks is involved in racing as well – a former NYRA and NTRA executive, he currently serves as the national director of the Jockeys’ Guild.
Breeders' Cup Record| Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | $3,560,875 |
| 2008 | Ladies' Classic | Music Note | 3rd | | | Marathon | Cedar Mountain | 6th | | | Sprint | First Defence | 8th | | | Turf Sprint | Heros Reward | 5th |
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NOTE: Stats include North American and selected international races. Click here to view selected international race list.
Biographies on jockeys, trainers and owners are from the Breeders' Cup World Championships events from 2001 through 2009, and are intended as informational resources. Biographies will be updated if an individual is again a participant in the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Biographies are available for most horses appearing in the top 100 money earnings list, and/or for those who are frequently making headlines in the news starting with the 2006 Triple Crown season.
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