Victor Espinoza
Victor Espinoza
Victor Espinozais a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing who won the Triple Crown in 2015 on American Pharoah. He began riding in his native Mexico and went on to compete at racetracks in California. He has won the Kentucky Derby three times, riding War Emblem in 2002, California Chrome in 2014, and American Pharoah in 2015. He also won the Preakness Stakes three times, in those same years and with the same horses. He was the first jockey in...
ProfessionHorse Jockey
Date of Birth23 May 1972
CityTulancingo, Mexico
almost easy perfect rode time today watching worked
Everything was good. It was the first time I ever rode her, but I'd been watching how she runs. I almost got the mount, but it never worked out. Today it did and she was easy to ride. Everything went perfect for me.
horse kept knows leader nice perfect ride running
It was a perfect trip. He just stalked the leader and kept running at the end. My horse is really nice to ride and he knows what's going on. So I don't have to do too much.
helped key position
I think it helped me a lot to get that position in the first turn. That was the key right there.
break coming lost sharp
I got lucky. I wanted him to break as sharp as he could but he kind of bobbled coming out of the gate, just a little bit, one or two jumps, he kind of lost his balance. After that it was no problem.