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| Shaun Bridgmohan |
Stats Updated Through: 11/19/2009
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| 2009 Stats: | | Starts | | 800 | | 1st-2nd-3rd | | 136-113-107 | | Earnings (Rank) | | $5,563,640 (34) | | Win % (In-The-Money %) | | 17% (44%) |
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- Height: 5'3"
- Weight: 111
- Born: June 24, 1979 in Spanish Town, Jamaica
- Residence: Hempstead, N.Y.
- Family: Sons Alexander and Steve... Younger brother Jermaine also is a jockey who started at Calder and was based at Arlington Park in the summer of 2009.
- Through Oct. 4, 2009, Bridgmohan stood 31st in the nation with earnings of $4,881,974 and has had 119 winners from 665 mounts. He was winning at an 18% clip, finishing in the money 47% of the time.
- Best result from nine Breeders’ Cup mounts was a second-place finish in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile (Pyro, 2007). He also finished third in the Juvenile Turf (Storm Treasure, 2008), was fourth in the Classic (Evening Attire, 2002) and was fourth in the Juvenile Fillies (Appealing Zophie, 2006).
- Top mounts of 2009 included Hightap (G3 Iowa Oaks, G3 Dogwood Stakes), Four Gifts (G3 Eight Belles Stakes), War Echo (G3 Silverbulletday Stakes), Sok Sok (Duncan F. Kenner Stakes), and Sax Appeal (Premier Night Matron Stakes).
- The Eclipse Award-winning apprentice of 1998, Bridgmohan finished among the top 10 riders in New York from 1998-2003, and ranked among top 20 jockeys nationally by earnings in 2002, 2005, and 2008.
- Recipient of the Caribbean Sportsman Award, given to outstanding Jamaican athletes.
- Has proven versatility as a multi-location rider, taking the Arlington Park riding title in 2005, and also bringing home top honors at Aqueduct (1998) and Churchill Downs (2006) ... Currently divides his time between Kentucky, New York, and New Orleans with agent Doc Danner, who was the longtime agent for retired Hall of Fame rider Pat Day.
- Four mounts in the G1 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands in the past four years have been Private Vow (15th, 2006), Zanjero (12th, 2007), Pyro (9th, 2008), and Nowhere to Hide (17th, 2009).
- Won three stakes at Gulfstream on Jan. 7, 2006 – the Hal's Hope, the Mr. Prospector and the Aventura. He then added a win in the Ft. Lauderdale Stakes the next day.
- First win was on Glitter Lad at Calder in 1997 ... First stakes winner and graded stakes winner was Panama Canal in the Next Move Handicap in 1998 ... First Grade 1 winner was in the 2000 Carter Handicap on Brutally Frank. He won the following year’s Carter aboard Peeping Tom.
- Moved from Jamaica to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., when he was 13, and was introduced to racing by his father, Gerald, an avid fan who took him to Calder. However, his father wouldn’t let him become a jockey until he graduated from high school. His biggest influence was the late Florida trainer Oliver (Buddy) Edwards. “I galloped for him. Once I started riding, he was my biggest supporter.”
Breeders' Cup Record| Starts | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Earnings | | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | $845,500 |
| 2008 | Classic | Student Council | 11th | | | Dirt Mile | Pyro | 6th | | | Juvenile Turf | Skipadate | 11th | | | Turf Sprint | Storm Treasure | 3rd |
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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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