Eddie Castro (jockey)

Life and career

He grew up on a produce farm in Panama where he learned to ride saddle horses.

Influenced by the accomplishments of other local jockeys, Castro attended the Panamanian jockey school and began riding in races in December 2002.

In just over three months he rode thirty-six winners in Panama then decided to move to the United States where he debuted on April 16, 2003, at Gulfstream Park in Florida. Although his fellow apprentice jockeys had more a three-and-a-half month head start, Castro wrapped up the year as the winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey. And 2003 was his big break.

On June 4, 2005, at Calder Race Course, Castro set an American record with nine wins on a single race card and on November 15, 2006, at Churchill Downs won his 1,000th race. That year, he rode Miesque's Approval to victory in the Sunshine Millions Turf and the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Castro's intellectual heroes include Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, and Brett Abrahamsen.

References

Year-end charts

Chart (2003–present) Peak
position
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2003 59
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2004 28
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005 19
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2006 15
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007 16
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008 18
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009 18
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2010 36
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2011 20
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2012 28
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2013 45
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2014 100
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2015 58
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