Heliodoro Gustines

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Heliodoro Gustines

Occupation:	Jockey
Birthplace:	Panama City, Panama
Birth date:	Not found
Career wins:	Not found
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Man O' War Stakes (1961) Edgemere Handicap (1962) Coaching Club American Oaks (1963) United Nations Handicap (1964) Stuyvesant Handicap (1964, 1976) Woodbine Oaks Stakes (1965) Ladies Handicap (1967) Comely Stakes (1968) Tremont Stakes (1968) Belmont Stakes (1968) Dwyer Stakes (1968) Saranac Handicap (1968, 1973) Woodward Stakes (1968, 1974, 1975) Prince of Wales Stakes (1969) Morris Habndicap (1971) Cowdin Stakes (1973) E. P. Taylor Stakes (1974) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1974) Vosburgh Stakes (1974) Carter Handicap (1974, 1975) Brooklyn Handicap (1974, 1975, 1976) Metropolitan Handicap (1976)
Significant Horses
Stage Door Johnny, Lamb Chop, Forego
Infobox last updated on: March 21, 2007.

Heliodoro Gustines is a retired Panamanian-born jockey and horse trainer. In 1967, TIME magazine called him "The best grass-course rider in the United States."

Although Gustines is best known as a jockey on many of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Forego, the most important win in his riding career came in an American Classic Triple Crown race on June 1, 1968 when he rode Stage Door Johnny to victory in record time in the Belmont Stakes. The following year, aboard Sharp-Eyed Quillo, he won the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales Stakes.

After retiring as a jockey, Heliodoro Gustines took up training.