Recognized by many experts as the best Jockey in the World today...........
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Joel Rosario from San Francisco de Macoris Ever hear of him
You can still make the first race today here. This is where Rosario got his start...........It is near SDQ......They show the races on one of the local channels also.
I'm surprised you asked that, Johne. I bet you've driven by the track on the Autopista Las Americas a hundred times!
The one and only. There should be two by this time, the other one in Santiago. If the private sector was interested in horse racing, most likely Santiago would already have one albeit privately owned. I guess the government will have to create the second one too.
The funny thing is that the reason the DR has horse racing is because of the government which built this one to replace another one which was also built by the government (Trujillo). The question is had Joel Santos ever become a jockey or even developed sn interest in horse racing had it not been for the government ensure it still exist in the country? Something tells me no...
LOL...yep, while participating in the Memorial 500 race on the Autopista. Tough to concentrate on two hi-speed races at the same time.
Will definitely look into this and go soon as it it very close to my house.
This guy simply goes up and up in the world of professional horse racing. Now he will be admitted in the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. The first Dominican jocky to make it there?
Article from today’s Listín Diario.
Will a statue of him be created and included with all of those of other jockies?
Article from today’s Listín Diario.
Will a statue of him be created and included with all of those of other jockies?
In today’s Listín Diario (May 3, 2024) is an article where he expresses his gratitude for the DR because his career is based on the DR support. It really is a gratitude to the Dominican government since not only it has supported horse racing and is the builder and owner of the only race track in the country, but Joel Santos himself got into horse racing because it existed in the country. Had that not been the case, chances are high he wouldn’t be where he is right now. So far he has made slightly less thsn US$300 million with horse racing.
That is the figure of the purse money won by the horse's he rode. Not what he made. A jockey gets
10 percent of that. And he has an agent that gets 10 percent of the jockey's earnings. So he did get rich, but not 320 Million worth................He also has a lot of expenses, mostly travel. Joel rides all over the World............