Hall of Famer Prado 10 wins away
Prado, 52, currently sits with 7,047 career victories, second-most among active riders behind Perry Wayne Ouzts (7,065) and ninth all-time. More important to the native of Lima, Peru, Prado is just 10 wins away from matching fellow Hall of Famer Angel Cordero Jr.’s lifetime total.
From the time he became only the eighth jockey in history to reach 7,000 wins May 15, 2018 at Parx – Ouzts would get there four months later – Prado set his mind to passing Cordero on the career list.
Already, Prado is more than halfway to his win total from all of 2019 when he went 22-for-176 and failed to reach the $1 million mark in seasonal earnings for the first time since 1987, his first full year of riding. All told, he has banked $269.5 million in purses, good for seventh overall and fifth among active jockeys behind John Velazquez, Javier Castellano, Mike Smith and Kent Desormeaux.
From the time he became only the eighth jockey in history to reach 7,000 wins May 15, 2018 at Parx – Ouzts would get there four months later – Prado set his mind to passing Cordero on the career list.
Already, Prado is more than halfway to his win total from all of 2019 when he went 22-for-176 and failed to reach the $1 million mark in seasonal earnings for the first time since 1987, his first full year of riding. All told, he has banked $269.5 million in purses, good for seventh overall and fifth among active jockeys behind John Velazquez, Javier Castellano, Mike Smith and Kent Desormeaux.