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JOCKEYS NORBERTO ARROYO JR.

AGE 37 BIRTHPLACE Puerto Rico FIRST WINNER June 9, 1999 (Rockingham Park)PURSE EARNINGS $1,990,636 AGENT Gene Short NOTEWORTHY Runner-up for an Eclipse Award as country’s leading apprentice in 2000. … New York’s leading rider in 2000. … Won the $500,000 Grade II Lane’s End Stakes in 2003 at Turfway Park in northern Kentucky aboard New York Hero. … Sentenced to 2½ years in prison for cocaine possession following an August 2009 traffic stop near Saratoga in upstate New York. … Recorded his 1,000th career victory Dec. 8, 2012, at Turfway Park in northern Kentucky. … Leading rider at the 2012 Turfway holiday meet and the 2013 Turfway winter/ spring meet.

Jesus Castanon AGE 40 BIRTHPLACE Mexico City FIRST WINNER April 21, 1989 (Agua Caliente)PURSE EARNINGS $1,882,672 AGENT Jerry Hissam NOTEWORTHY Scored his biggest career victory aboard Shackleford in the 2011 Preakness for trainer Dale Romans. … Leading rider at Ellis Park in Kentucky in 2005 and Tampa Bay Downs in Florida in 2005 and 2006. … Recorded his 2,000th career victory Oct. 8, 2010, at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. … Will ride for Romas at the Oaklawn meet.

Eurico Rosa Da Silva AGE 38 BIRTHPLACE Sao Paulo, Brazil FIRST WINNER May 20, 2004 (Woodbine)PURSE EARNINGS $8,688,914 AGENT Tom Patton NOTEWORTHY Riding at Oaklawn for the first time. … One of the top riders at Woodbine near Toronto. … Major client is trainer Mark Casse, who has a 28-horse string this year at Oaklawn. … Guided the Casse-trained My Conquestadory to victory in the $400,000 Grade I Alcibiades Stakes for 2-year-old fillies Oct. 4 at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. … Ranked 19th nationally in purse earnings the past two years. … Won the Queen’s Plate - Canada’s equivalent of the Kentucky Derby - in 2009 and 2010.Channing Hill AGE 26 BIRTHPLACE Grand Island, Neb.

FIRST WINNER June 4, 2004 (Prairie Meadows)PURSE EARNINGS $2,067,899 AGENT Steve Elzey NOTEWORTHY Rode 11 winners to finish in a tie for 20th in the 2012 Oaklawn standings. … Began riding in Nebraska three days after he turned 16. … Runner-up for an Eclipse Award as the country’s top apprentice jockey in 2005. … New York’s leading apprentice in 2005 with 115 victories. … First graded stakes victory came aboard Golden Dawn in the $225,000 Grade II Barbara Fritchie in 2008 at Laurel in Maryland. … Won the $250,000 Grade I Forego Handicap in 2008 at Saratoga in upstate New York. … Father Allan Hill competed on the Nebraska circuit and rode 667 career winners from 1976-1999. … Engaged to the daughter of trainer Wayne Catalano.Rafael Manuel Hernandez AGE 28 BIRTHPLACE San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico FIRST WINNER March 16, 2004 (Tampa Bay Downs)PURSE EARNINGS $1,867,496 AGENT Harry “The Hat” Hacek NOTEWORTHY Riding at Oaklawn for the first time. … Perennial leading rider at Fairmount Park in suburban St. Louis. … Ranked eighth nationally in victories in 2011 (252), 12th in 2012 (232) and 18th in 2013 (202).

Joshua Navarro AGE 22 BIRTHPLACE Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico FIRST WINNER Aug. 7, 2009 (Laurel)PURSE EARNINGS $2,085,228 AGENT Ronnie Salmen NOTEWORTHY Fixture on the Mid-Atlantic circuit. … Finished second in the 2009 fall standings at Laurel in Maryland with 39 winners. …. Leading rider in 2009 at Timonium in Maryland, winning 16 of 49 mounts, including a career-best six victories on Labor Day. … Tied for 58th nationally in 2010 with 158 victories, including 121 as an apprentice. … Recorded his first career stakes winner aboard Amazin Sun in the $50,000 Maryland Million Starter Handicap on Sept. 26, 2009, at Laurel. … Ranked 10th in the Maryland standings in 2012 with 41 victories. … Rode 32 winners to finish sixth in the standings at the 2013 Delaware Park meeting.

Jeremy Rose AGE 34 BIRTHPLACE Bellefonte, Pa.

FIRST WINNER Sept. 23, 2000 (Delaware Park)AGENT Gene Short NOTEWORTHY Trying to jump start career as victories and purse earnings have decreased every year since 2009. … Rode briefly at the 2011 Oaklawn meeting. … Won 48 races to capture the 2005 Oaklawn riding title, his only full season in Hot Springs. … Was a top high school wrestler in Pennsylvania. … Eclipse Award winner in 2001 as the nation’s leading apprentice rider. … Regular rider of Afleet Alex, champion 3-year-old male of 2005. … Won the Preakness, Belmont and Arkansas Derby aboard Afleet Alex. … Leading rider at Delaware Park in 2001 and 2007. … Recorded his 2,000th career victory Jan. 28, 2010, at Gulfstream Park in Florida.

Francisco Torres AGE 44 BIRTHPLACE San Luis Potosi, Mexico FIRST WINNER Oct. 3, 1986 (Hawthorne)PURSE EARNINGS $3,342,617 AGENT Bob Kelly NOTEWORTHY Won six races from 87 mounts before breaking two ribs in a starting gate accident at the 2011 Oaklawn meeting. … Leading rider at Balmoral in Illinois in the fall of 1988. … Leading rider at Ellis Park in Kentucky in 1997. … Leading rider at the 1999 Turfway Park winter/spring meet in Kentucky. … Won the $600,000 Grade II Spiral Stakes aboard Globalize in 2000 at Turfway. … Has more than 100 career stakes victories. … Set career highs for victories (196) and purse earnings ($5.4 million) in 2012. … Portrayed Hall of Fame jockey Braulio Baeza in the 1997 made-for-television movie about the legendary filly Ruffian. … Nickname is “Cisco.”TRAINERS

George ‘Rusty” Arnold AGE 58 BIRTHPLACE Paris, Ky.

FIRST WINNER July 25, 1975 (Delaware Park)PURSE EARNINGS $1,704,902 NOTEWORTHY Among first major clients was the Loblolly Stable (John Ed Anthony of Hot Springs) in the mid-1980s. … Three-time leading trainer at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky. (1985 and 1986 spring and 1987 fall). … Grade I stakes winners include Centre Court, Victory Ride and Wicked Style. … Ranked among country’s top 100 trainers in earnings six times between 2003-2012. … Also has horses in Florida. … Oaklawn division is being overseen by Jack Bohannan, brother of former Loblolly trainer Tom Bohannan, who won the Preakness in 1992 (Pine Bluff) and 1993 (Prairie Bayou) for Anthony. …Oaklawn string includes several well-bred young horses for longtime client G. Watts Humphrey.

Jeff Bonde AGE 59 BIRTHPLACE Pleasanton, Calif.

FIRST WINNER Sept. 17, 1976 (Bay Meadows)PURSE EARNINGS $3,219,400 NOTEWORTHY Had a string at Oaklawn for the first time in 2012 and won 7 of 40 starts. … Won five stakes in 1998 with Mr. Doubledown. … Saddled Spain to finish fourth in the 1999 Breeders’ CupJuvenile Fillies. … Led all northern California trainers in stakes victories in 2001 with nine. … Saddled Sierra Sunset to win Oaklawn’s $300,000 Grade III Rebel Stakes in 2008. … Won Oaklawn’s $200,000 Grade III Count Fleet Sprint Handicap in 2011 with Smiling Tiger. … Smiling Tiger’s 3-year-old half sister, the Bonde-trained She’s a Tiger is a finalist for an Eclipse Award as the country’s champion 2-year-old filly. She’s a Tiger is a candidate for the $400,000 Grade III Fantasy Stakes on April 5.

Josie Carroll AGE 56 BIRTHPLACE Toronto FIRST WINNER Sept. 21, 1994 (Woodbine)PURSE EARNINGS $1,965,493 NOTEWORTHY Assisted trainers Mike Doyle and Michael Tammaro before going out on her own in 1994. … Based most of the year at Woodbine in Canada. … First female trainer to win the Queen’s Plate - Canada’s equivalent of the Kentucky Derby - in 2006 with Edenwold. Also won the Queen’s Plate in 2011 with the filly, Inglorious. … Trained millionaire and Grade I winner Careless Jewel, who was the betting favorite in the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic. … Edenwold won a Sovereign Award in 2005 as Canada’s top 2-year-old male. Inglorious won Sovereign Award as Canada’s top 3-year-old filly in 2011. … Has a promising 3-year-old in Ami’s Holiday, a candidate for Oaklawn’s Kentucky Derby prep series. … Also has a division this winter at Fair Grounds in New Orleans.

Mark Casse AGE 52 BIRTHPLACE Indianapolis FIRST WINNER Sept. 23, 1978 (Great Barrington Fair)PURSE EARNINGS $8,565,108 NOTEWORTHY Saddled Turf War to a ninth-place finish in the $250,000 Grade III Southwest Stakes in 2009 at Oaklawn. … Began to run his father’s training operation in 1976 at the age of 15 and began training two years later. … Four-time leading trainer at Turfway Park in Kentucky (1988 fall and holiday, 1989 winter/spring and fall). … Leading trainer at the 2009 spring meeting at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. … Five-time Sovereign Award winner as Canada’s top trainer (2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012). … Has won seven consecutive training titles at Woodbine near Toronto. … Has recorded four top-three finishes the past three years in Breeders’ Cup events. … Ranked seventh nationally in purse earnings the last three years. … Won the $500,000 Grade I Clark Handicap in 2011 at Churchill Downs with Pool Play. … Based in Ocala, Fla., and has a division racing at Gulfstream Park near Miami. … A major client is John Oxley of Tulsa, who campaigned 2001 Kentucky Derby winner Monarchos. … Oaklawn string is being overseen by assistant David Adams. … Mr. Dupree, Casse’s gray stable pony, has been used by Donna Barton Brothers during NBC’s Kentucky Derby telecasts.

Kellyn Gorder AGE 46 BIRTHPLACE Worthington, Minn.

FIRST WINNER Sept. 15, 2001 (Kentucky Downs)PURSE EARNINGS $2,300,770 NOTEWORTHY Had a string at Oaklawn in 2011, winning 3 of 24 starts. … Saddled Grammarian to win the $250,000 Grade II Sunset Handicap in 2002 at Hollywood Park in California. … Grew up in Minnesota before graduating in 1990 from the University of Minnesota with a degree in animal science. … Worked under Hall of Fame trainer Jack Van Berg. … Broke horses for WinStar Farm for five years, including 2006 Kentucky Derby runner-up Bluegrass Cat. … Splitting stable this winter between Arkansas and Florida. … Purse earnings have increased each year since 2007.

Tim Glyshaw AGE 45 BIRTHPLACE Evansville, Ind.

FIRST WINNER Sept. 12, 2004 (Turfway Park)PURSE EARNINGS $1,685,875 NOTEWORTHY Former school teacher and an assistant under Bob Holthus, Oaklawn’s all-time leading trainer, and six-time Oaklawn training champion Cole Norman. … As an assistant to Holthus, worked with eventual champion Lawyer Ron as a 2-year-old. … Saddled Taptowne to finish second in last year’s $500,000 Grade II Oaklawn Handicap. Taptowne is scheduled to make his 2014 debut in the $100,000 Essex Handicap on Feb. 15. … Set career highs for victories (49) and purse earnings ($1.6 million) last year. … Also has horses at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. … Assisted by wife Natalie, who is the daughter of retired jockey Ronald Ardoin. She is also a track photographer at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. … Active on social media.

Sports, Pages 22 on 01/10/2014

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