Javier Castellano
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| Javier Castellano | ||
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| Occupation: | Jockey | |
| Birthplace: | Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela | |
| Birth date: | October 23, 1977 | |
| Career wins: | ongoing | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Beldame Stakes (2001 & 2004) Clark Handicap (2003) Breeders' Cup Classic (2004) Woodward Stakes (2004) Dubai Golden Shaheen (2005) Wood Memorial Stakes (2005) Flash Stakes (2005) Connaught Cup Stakes (2006) Jim Dandy Stakes (2006) Jockey Club Gold Cup (2006) Withers Stakes (2006) Preakness Stakes (2006) Travers Stakes (2006) Shirley Jones Handicap (2008) |
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| Significant Horses | ||
| Ghostzapper, Bellamy Road, Bernardini | ||
Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June of 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.
In 2004, Javier Castellano was the rider for Frank Stronach's colt Ghostzapper on whom he won several major races including the 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic. Ghostzapper was voted the 2004 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year and named the World's Top Ranked Horse. In 2006, Castellano rode Bernardini for Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Darley Racing. Among his wins with Bernardini was the Preakness Stakes, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup.
Javier Castellano currently lives with his wife, abby, and daughter in Garden City, New York.
[edit] Selected wins
- Beldame Stakes (2001 & 2004)
- Gazelle Handicap (2001 & 2006)
- Clark Handicap (2003)
- Secretariat Stakes (2003)
- Vosburgh Stakes (2003)
- Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (2003)
- Bertram F. Bongard Stakes (2004)
- Beaugay Handicap (2004)
- Breeders' Cup Classic (2004)
- Discovery Handicap (2004)
- Woodward Stakes (2004)
- Sport Page Breeders' Cup Handicap (2004)
- Dubai Golden Shaheen (2005)
- Jamaica Handicap (2005)
- Coolmore Lexington Stakes (2005)
- Wood Memorial Stakes (2005)
- Forward Gal Stakes (2005)
- Jockey Club Gold Cup (2006)
- Withers Stakes (2006)
- Preakness Stakes (2006)
- Travers Stakes (2006)
- Jim Dandy Stakes (2006)
- Ben Ali Stakes (2006)
- Gallant Bloom Handicap (2006)
- Vagrancy Handicap (2007)
- Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap (2007)
