Jorge Ricardo
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| Jorge Ricardo | ||
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| Occupation: | Jockey | |
| Birthplace: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Birth date: | 1961 | |
| Career wins: | 10,000 (ongoing) | |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards | ||
| Major Racing Wins | ||
| Gran Premio Brazil (1994) Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini (1994) Anchorena (2006) Grande Premio José Pedro Ramírez (2007) |
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| Racing Awards | ||
| Brazilian Champion jockey (1982-2006) | ||
| Significant Horses | ||
| Much Better, Storm Military, Good Report | ||
Jorge Ricardo (born September 30, 1961 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a jockey in South American Thoroughbred horse racing who became the all-time winningest rider in history on February 5, 2007.
[edit] Biography
Born into a horse racing family, Jorge Ricardo's father and two of his uncles were jockeys. Since making his professional racing debut in 1976 he has won 400 races in one year on five occasions and has been Brazil's leading jockey twenty-five consecutive years from 1982 through 2006.
Competing at the Hipodromo Argentino in Palermo, Buenos Aires, Ricardo earned the 9,981st (Up to Dec. 29, 2007) victory of his career to surpass the still active but injured American jockey Russell Baze as the all-time leader in racing wins. On Jan. 9, 2008, Ricardo unofficially reached the 10,000 win mark with a victory abord Membresia in the 11th race at San Isidro in Buenos Aires.
