Santana Jr Ricardo

Starts

5669

1st

912

2nd

796

3rd

695

Win %

16%

Show %

42%

$2 ROI

$1.52

DHP

Poor

Surfaces

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Turf 1082 99 103 142 9% 32% $1.52 Bad
Dirt 4582 811 693 553 18% 45% $1.52 Avg
All Weather Track 5 2 0 0 40% 40% $1.95 Great

Conditions

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Dirt - Fast 3572 631 539 435 18% 45% $1.55 Avg
Turf - Firm 774 67 72 102 9% 31% $1.21 Bad
Dirt - Muddy 239 38 42 36 16% 49% $1.10 Avg
Dirt - Good 479 72 65 52 15% 39% $2.09 Poor
Dirt - Sloppy 485 95 63 51 20% 43% $1.62 Avg
Turf - Soft 17 1 0 6 6% 41% $1.00 Bad
Turf - Yeilding 51 5 5 4 10% 27% $1.00 Bad
Dirt - Wet Fast 52 3 10 9 6% 42% $0.60 Poor

Posts

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
1-3 2094 358 307 284 17% 45% $1.45 Avg
4-6 1950 321 285 244 16% 44% $1.44 Avg
7-9 1219 181 165 126 15% 39% $1.75 Bad
10-12 393 52 39 39 13% 33% $1.63 Bad
13+ 13 0 0 2 0% 15% $0.00 Bad

Distances

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
5 Furlongs 113 30 23 11 27% 57% $3.59 Great
5.5-6 Furlongs 2223 407 345 263 18% 46% $1.49 Avg
6.5-7 Furlongs 810 119 116 98 15% 41% $1.48 Poor
1 Mile 845 132 112 105 16% 41% $1.50 Poor
1 1/16 Mile 1525 205 188 208 13% 39% $1.40 Poor
1 1/8 Mile and Over 153 19 12 10 12% 27% $1.92 Bad

Tracks

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Saratoga 989 125 117 120 13% 37% $1.49 Bad
Fair Grounds 239 37 39 37 15% 47% $1.17 Avg
Churchill Downs 1730 266 274 219 15% 44% $1.40 Avg
Keeneland 535 55 65 66 10% 35% $1.20 Bad
Oaklawn Park 1714 343 251 196 20% 46% $1.60 Avg
Kentucky Downs 101 6 7 8 6% 21% $0.97 Bad
Delta Downs 1 0 0 0 0% 0% $0.00  - 
Gulfstream Park 24 3 0 4 12% 29% $3.88 Bad
Lone Star Park 26 7 3 5 27% 58% $1.27 Great
Pimlico 38 10 6 7 26% 61% $1.92 Great
Belmont Park 62 11 5 6 18% 35% $2.77 Poor
Prairie Meadows 34 9 3 8 26% 59% $1.39 Great
Indiana Downs 12 0 2 2 0% 33% $0.00 Bad
Remington Park 54 19 8 6 35% 61% $2.85 Great
Zia Park 13 4 2 1 31% 54% $2.11 Great
Fort Erie 1 1 0 0 100% 100% $13.20  - 
Santa Anita Park 15 1 2 1 7% 27% $0.37 Bad
Sam Houston Race Park 7 2 0 1 29% 43% $3.17 Good
Delaware Park 4 0 0 1 0% 25% $0.00  - 
Ellis Park 31 4 6 4 13% 45% $1.55 Avg
Canterbury Park 4 1 1 0 25% 50% $0.90  - 
Parx Racing 9 2 2 2 22% 67% $25.16 Great
Del Mar 9 1 1 0 11% 22% $0.96 Bad
Finger Lakes 1 1 0 0 100% 100% $4.90  - 
Mountaineer Race Track And 4 2 2 0 50% 100% $1.90  - 
Turfway Park 4 1 0 0 25% 25% $1.76  - 
Aqueduct 7 0 0 1 0% 14% $0.00 Bad
Woodbine 1 1 0 0 100% 100% $2.70  - 

Race Types

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Maiden 1943 314 286 221 16% 42% $1.47 Poor
Claiming 1974 337 276 264 17% 44% $1.52 Avg
Allowance 882 121 117 105 14% 39% $1.37 Poor
Stake 870 140 117 105 16% 42% $1.78 Avg

More Details

Primary Tracks: Keeneland, Saratoga, Oaklawn Park, Churchill Downs

 

Ricardo Santana Jr. is a Panamanian jockey who learned to ride at the famous Laffit Pincay Jockey School. Santana came to the United States in 2009 and began his riding career earning his first win in September of that year.

 

Santana found a home at Oaklawn Park where he ran off 6 consecutive riding titles. Many of these titles were in large part due to his tight relationship with Steve Asmussen who gives Ricardo first call on the mounts in his barn which means he often rides the top stock on the Oaklawn back side.

 

In 2016 Santana broke through the grade 1 ranks winning the Arkansas Derby aboard Creator. Since then he has captured several top stakes races across the country including 5 ins in the Count Fleet Sprint. In 2019 he earned his first Breeder’s Cup victory riding Mitole to a victory in the BC Sprint.

 

Accomplishments


Santana has been an up and coming jockey in America since his arrival at Oaklawn Park, but has since started to cement himself in the upper tier of jockeys in the United States. He has won at least 1 stakes race in every year since 2010 and won at least 10 graded stakes races in 2018, 2019, and 2020.

 

His marquee victories include the Count Fleet Sprint, the Arkansas Derby, The Apple Blossom, and the La Troienne. In 2019 he also won the Prince of Wales as part of the Candaian Triple Crown series and has a victory in the prestigious Breeder’s Cup.

 

Top Riders/Trainers: Steven Asmussen, Michael Maker, Todd Pletcher, Wayne Catalano, Rudy Rodriguez

 

Top 5 Career Horses in Earnings: Mitole, Whitmore, Silver State, Mia Mischief, She's a Julie