Cornelio Velásquez

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Cornelio Velasquez
Occupation:	Jockey
Birthplace:	Panama City, Panama
Birth date:	September 28, 1968
Career wins:	2,000+ (ongoing)
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Whirlaway Stakes (1999) Aqueduct Handicap (2000) Gulfstream Park Breeders’ Cup Handicap (2002) Alcibiades Stakes (2003) Alabama Stakes (2004) Holy Bull Stakes (2004, 2005, 2007) Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap (2004) Adirondack Breeders' Cup Stakes (2005) Arlington Handicap (2005) Demoiselle Stakes (2005) Secretariat Stakes (2005, 2006) Sunshine Millions Fillies & Mares Sprint (2005) Bed O' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (2005) Ashland Stakes (2006) Jamaica Handicap (2006) Belmont Lexington Stakes (2006) Lexington Stakes (2006) Ogden Phipps Handicap (2006) Beaugay Handicap (2006) Remsen Stakes (2006) Shuvee Handicap (2006) Stonerside Beaumont Stakes (2006) Swale Stakes (2007) American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Sprint (2003) Breeders' Cup Distaff (2005)
Significant Horses
Closing Argument, Showing Up, Nobiz Like Shobiz

Cornelio H. Velásquez (born September 28, 1968 in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school. In his first year of racing he was his country's top apprentice jockey and was the leading rider again in 1994 and 1995.

In 1996 Cornelio Velasquez emigrated to the United States to race at Elmont, New York's Belmont Park. During the ensuing ten years he competed at meets at tracks in Kentucky and Florida, winning several riding titles. A two-time winner of Breeders' Cup races, in 2005 Velasquez rode Closing Argument to a second place finish in the Kentucky Derby and in 2007 is scheduled to compete on the well-regarded colt, Nobiz Like Shobiz.

[edit] References

• Cornelio Velasquez at the NTRA

his fathers name is Cornelio Velasquez