Leparoux’s 3,000th Win Earns Him Jockey of the Week

Two-time Eclipse Award winner Julien Leparoux added one other milestone to his already spectacular listing of achievements when he gained the third race aboard Pike Place at his dwelling monitor Churchill Downs on Thanksgiving Day for profession win 3,000. The panel of racing consultants acknowledged the extraordinary achievement and voted Leparoux with Jockey of the Week November 25 by December 1.

The weekly honor acknowledges jockeys for important driving accomplishments and who’re members of the Jockeys’ Guild, the group which represents greater than 1050 energetic, retired and completely disabled jockeys in the USA.

“I am very grateful that my household could possibly be right here with me right now for this,” Leparoux mentioned to Churchill Downs publicity after reaching the milestone. “It took whereas to get it performed however I’m very glad I used to be capable of do it right now. Churchill Downs and Kentucky have been such an enormous a part of my profession and it was nice to do it at dwelling.”

Leparoux, 41, is a local of Senlis, France and moved to the USA in 2003 as an train rider for coach Patrick Biancone in southern California. He transitioned to racing driving in the summertime of 2005 profitable his first profession race at Saratoga on August 18, 2005 with simply his third mount. Leparoux gained the 2006 Eclipse Award as Excellent Apprentice when he led the U.S. with 403 victories and the 2009 Eclipse Award as Excellent Jockey, considered one of solely 4 riders to earn each awards. He turned a United States citizen in January, 2018.

Leparoux has gained seven Breeders’ Cup races together with aboard champions Tepin, Traditional Empire and Endlessly Collectively. He travelled to England in 2016 to information Tepin to a victory within the prestigious Queen Anne Stakes (GI) in the course of the Royal Ascot meet.  Leparoux additionally travelled to Jamaica in December, 2023 to win that nation’s most prestigious race, the Mouttet Mile aboard Tough Entry.

Leparoux has loved nice success at Keeneland turning into solely the fourth rider in Keeneland historical past to win 500 races on the monitor and has gained 12 main rider titles. He gained six races on a 10-race card on April 20, 2012 to equal the report for many wins on a single card set by Craig Perret and Randy Romero.

A frontrunner within the jockeys’ room, Leparoux turned simply the fifth rider in Churchill Downs historical past to attain 1,000 wins on June 4, 2022. He was named the 2022 recipient of the Mike Venezia Memorial Award which acknowledges jockeys who show extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship as proven by the New York rider who died in a 1988 driving accident at Belmont Park. 

This week, Leparoux might be driving at Turfway Park on Wednesday for opening day and at Oaklawn Park on Friday for his or her opening day.

Different nominees for Jockey of the Week included Jose L. Ortiz with 5 stakes wins between Zia Park and Mahoning Valley, Umberto Rispoli who gained the Gr. I Hollywood Derby, Luis Saez with three stakes wins together with two graded in addition to the main rider title at Churchill Downs for the third time and Corridor of Famer John Velazquez with two graded stakes wins together with the Gr. I Matriarch.

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