Santana Jr Ricardo

Starts

5643

1st

912

2nd

794

3rd

690

Win %

16%

Show %

42%

$2 ROI

$1.53

DHP

Poor

Surfaces

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Turf 1075 99 103 139 9% 32% $1.53 Bad
Dirt 4563 811 691 551 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 3557 631 537 433 18% 45% $1.55 Avg
Turf - Firm 768 67 72 99 9% 31% $1.22 Bad
Dirt - Muddy 238 38 42 36 16% 49% $1.10 Avg
Dirt - Good 478 72 65 52 15% 40% $2.10 Poor
Dirt - Sloppy 482 95 63 51 20% 43% $1.63 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 2081 358 306 282 17% 45% $1.46 Avg
4-6 1943 321 284 243 17% 44% $1.44 Avg
7-9 1215 181 165 124 15% 39% $1.75 Bad
10-12 391 52 39 39 13% 33% $1.64 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 2215 407 344 261 18% 46% $1.50 Avg
6.5-7 Furlongs 802 119 115 98 15% 41% $1.49 Poor
1 Mile 843 132 112 105 16% 41% $1.51 Poor
1 1/16 Mile 1518 205 188 206 14% 39% $1.40 Poor
1 1/8 Mile and Over 152 19 12 9 12% 26% $1.93 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 1722 266 273 218 15% 44% $1.41 Avg
Keeneland 523 55 64 63 11% 35% $1.23 Bad
Oaklawn Park 1713 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 2 0 0 0 0% 0% $0.00  - 
Woodbine 1 1 0 0 100% 100% $2.70  - 

Race Types

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Maiden 1931 314 285 218 16% 42% $1.48 Poor
Claiming 1966 337 275 264 17% 45% $1.52 Avg
Allowance 879 121 117 104 14% 39% $1.37 Poor
Stake 867 140 117 104 16% 42% $1.79 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