Joel Rosario is a jockey

Jockey

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 in American

United States

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 Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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 horse racing

Horse racing

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Raised on a farm where he regularly road horses, Joel Rosario attended jockey school for six months. He obtained his professional license at age fourteen and began riding at Hipódromo V Centenario in Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

 where he earned his first win in July 2000. He went on to win four Dominican Republic riding titles. In 2006 he emigrated to the United states where he raced from a base in California

California

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In 2007, Rosario won 154 races out of 1,024 with earnings of $3,323,006

In 2008, Rosario won 192 races out of 1,322 with earnings of $7,936,465.

In 2009, Joel Rosario got his big break when he was the leading jockey at the Hollywood Park Racetrack for the spring/summer meet and then earned his second riding title of the year at Del Mar Racetrack

Del Mar Racetrack

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. On November 7 he won the most important race of his career at Santa Anita Park when he captured the US$

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2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint

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 aboard Dancing in Silks

Dancing in Silks

Dancing in Silks is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2009 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park....

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On December 11, 2009 Joel Rosario equaled a Hollywood Park Racetrack record when he won six races on a single racecard. Previously, the feat had been achieved by Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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 jockeys Bill Shoemaker (1953, 1970), Laffit Pincay, Jr.

Laffit Pincay, Jr.

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 (1968), Kent Desormeaux

Kent Desormeaux

Kent Jason Desormeaux is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year, 1989.-Brief biography:...

 (1992). http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/news/story?id=4736351

During his breakout year, Rosario won 284 races out of 1,476 mounts with earnings of $13,073,777 and was 5th in the national earnings list.

In his first ever Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

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 mount he rode Make Music For Me finishing fourth in 2010

2010 Kentucky Derby

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Year-end charts

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|National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008
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