What a day for Manny Franco whereas driving at Aqueduct on Saturday. Franco posted 5 wins from six mounts together with a stakes race and maintained an ideal in-the-money day ending third in one other of the day’s stakes races. The panel of racing consultants voted Franco Jockey of the Week for November 18 by November 24.
The weekly honor acknowledges jockeys for important driving accomplishments and who’re members of the Jockeys’ Guild, the group which represents greater than 1050 lively, retired and completely disabled jockeys in the US.
Franco’s wonderful Saturday began within the first race driving for coach Rudy Rodriguez aboard Financial institution Frenzy in an Allowance Elective Claiming race at one mile. His subsequent win got here within the third race for coach Christophe Clement with Land d’Oro in a one-turn mile allowance race for New York-breds.
Franco stored successful within the fifth race, a maiden particular weight for state-breds at 6 1/2 furlongs aboard Sir Kartrite for coach Jeremiah Englehart.
Coach Ilkay Kantarmaci gave a leg as much as Franco on Golden Rocket within the Staten Island division of the New York Stallion Stakes Sequence for fillies and mares three-years-old and up. Breaking from put up place one within the subject of six, Franco settled Golden Rocket in third behind pace-setter Sunday Woman with Katie Davis. Franco gave the 5- year-old her cue halfway by the flip to take command on the prime of the stretch posting an upset 3-1/2-length win in 1:25.13 for seven furlongs on the dust labeled “muddy.”
“I used to be feeling good,” Franco stated to NYRA publicity. “I used to be proper there, not too far, and that is the place I needed to be. It labored out nice for me.”
Franco completed third aboard B D Saints within the eighth race, the Thunder Rumble division of the New York Stallion Stakes Sequence.
Franco maintained his excellent in-the-money day when he visited the winner’s circle within the ninth race, a maiden claiming affair at six furlongs aboard Lightning Mama for coach Mike Maker.
“It isn’t straightforward to win one race,” Franco stated to NYRA publicity. “They have been operating for me. Whenever you win 5, it’s only a blessing. I am simply dreaming proper now.”
The 29-year-old Franco, a local of Puerto Rico, was the main rider on the NYRA circuit in 2018-2019 and 2023. This yr he has gained the Aqueduct Spring Meet and Belmont on the Large A Spring/Summer time meet. He gained the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies with Immersive skilled by two-time Eclipse Award winner Brad Cox.
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