Santana Jr Ricardo

Starts

4981

1st

830

2nd

702

3rd

619

Win %

17%

Show %

43%

$2 ROI

$1.54

DHP

Avg

Surfaces

Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Turf 948 84 93 124 9% 32% $1.45 Bad
Dirt 4028 744 609 495 18% 46% $1.56 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 3162 583 478 388 18% 46% $1.59 Avg
Turf - Firm 678 60 66 89 9% 32% $1.18 Bad
Dirt - Muddy 193 32 32 32 17% 50% $1.07 Avg
Dirt - Good 420 61 60 48 15% 40% $1.98 Poor
Dirt - Sloppy 414 86 52 44 21% 44% $1.72 Avg
Turf - Soft 14 0 0 5 0% 36% $0.00 Bad
Turf - Yeilding 50 5 5 4 10% 28% $1.02 Bad
Dirt - Wet Fast 50 3 9 9 6% 42% $0.62 Poor

Posts

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
1-3 1843 323 276 258 18% 47% $1.43 Avg
4-6 1715 293 251 217 17% 44% $1.45 Avg
7-9 1062 167 141 107 16% 39% $1.83 Poor
10-12 348 47 34 35 14% 33% $1.68 Bad
13+ 13 0 0 2 0% 15% $0.00 Bad

Distances

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
5 Furlongs 107 29 21 11 27% 57% $3.76 Great
5.5-6 Furlongs 1943 368 301 237 19% 47% $1.51 Avg
6.5-7 Furlongs 709 108 100 93 15% 42% $1.47 Avg
1 Mile 748 121 101 88 16% 41% $1.55 Poor
1 1/16 Mile 1341 189 168 181 14% 40% $1.44 Poor
1 1/8 Mile and Over 133 15 11 9 11% 26% $1.34 Bad

Tracks

  Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Win % Show % $2 ROI DHP
Saratoga 762 97 89 95 13% 37% $1.42 Poor
Fair Grounds 222 36 38 35 16% 49% $1.23 Good
Churchill Downs 1584 255 250 202 16% 45% $1.45 Avg
Keeneland 460 47 61 55 10% 35% $1.22 Bad
Oaklawn Park 1539 316 223 177 21% 47% $1.62 Avg
Kentucky Downs 94 5 7 8 5% 21% $0.72 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 22 6 3 5 27% 64% $1.33 Great
Pimlico 38 10 6 7 26% 61% $1.92 Great
Belmont Park 62 11 5 6 18% 35% $2.77 Poor
Prairie Meadows 26 7 1 8 27% 62% $1.29 Great
Indiana Downs 11 0 2 2 0% 36% $0.00 Poor
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 13 1 1 1 8% 23% $0.43 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 10 1 0 3 10% 40% $0.40 Poor
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 1684 283 254 196 17% 44% $1.46 Poor
Claiming 1756 310 245 238 18% 45% $1.55 Avg
Allowance 755 107 101 90 14% 39% $1.35 Poor
Stake 786 130 102 95 17% 42% $1.85 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