Jesus Lopez Castanon is a jockey

Jockey

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 in American

United States

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 Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse race

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 who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

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. The son of a horse trainer

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, two brothers were also jockeys in Mexico. Castanon got his first win at Agua Caliente Racetrack

Agua Caliente Racetrack

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 in 1989 and later that year in the United States, won the Torrey Pines Stakes

Torrey Pines Stakes

The Torrey Pines Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Offering a purse of $100,000, the ungraded stakes is for three-year-old fillies and is run over a mile on Polytrack synthetic dirt. The Torrey Pines Stakes was...

 at Del Mar Racetrack

Del Mar Racetrack

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 in California

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. Since then he has competed at racetracks across the United States as well as in Canada, winning more than 2,000 races.

2011 U.S. Triple Crown

On May 7, 2011, Jesus Castanon rode Shackleford

Shackleford (horse)

Shackleford is a chestnut Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. His pedigree traces to major sires of significance, including his grandsire Storm Cat and his damsire Unbridled as well as numerous fourth generation who were champion breeders...

 to a fourth place finish in the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

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, the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

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series. Two weeks later on May 21, aboard Shackleford he won the second leg of Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.