Javier Castellano

Javier Castellano

Horseracing personalities infobox


name = Javier Castellano
|caption =
occupation = Jockey
birthplace = Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
birth date = October 23, 1977
death date =
career wins = ongoing
race = Beldame Stakes (2001 & 2004)
Clark Handicap (2003)
Woodward Stakes (2004)
Wood Memorial Stakes (2005)
Flash Stakes (2005)
Jim Dandy Stakes (2006)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (2006)
Withers Stakes (2006)
Travers Stakes (2006)
Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap (2007, 2008)
Shirley Jones Handicap (2008)
Highlander Stakes (2008)
Man o' War Stakes (2008)
Garden City Handicap (2008)

American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:
Preakness Stakes (2006)
Breeders' Cup Classic (2004)

International race wins:
Dubai Golden Shaheen (2005)
Connaught Cup Stakes (2006)
Woodbine Oaks (2008)
Canadian International Stakes (2008)
awards =
honours =
horses = Ghostzapper, Bellamy Road, Bernardini, Red Rocks
updated = January 28, 2007

Javier Castellano (born October 23, 1977 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Castellano began his riding career in his native Venezuela in 1996 and in June 1997 moved to the United States where rode at race tracks in southern Florida until 2001 when he moved to race on the New York State racing circuit.

In 2004, Javier Castellano was the rider for Frank Stronach's colt Ghostzapper on whom he won several major races including the 2004 Breeders' Cup Classic. Ghostzapper was voted the 2004 Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year and named the World's Top Ranked Horse. In 2006, Castellano rode Bernardini for Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Darley Racing. Among his wins with Bernardini was the Preakness Stakes, and the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Javier Castellano currently lives with his wife, abby, and daughter in Garden City, New York.

elected wins

*Beldame Stakes (2001 & 2004)
*Gazelle Handicap (2001 & 2006)
*Clark Handicap (2003)
*Secretariat Stakes (2003)
*Vosburgh Stakes (2003)
*Lane's End Breeders' Futurity (2003)
*Bertram F. Bongard Stakes (2004)
*Beaugay Handicap (2004)
*Breeders' Cup Classic (2004)
*Discovery Handicap (2004)
*Woodward Stakes (2004)
*Sport Page Breeders' Cup Handicap (2004)
*Dubai Golden Shaheen (2005)
*Jamaica Handicap (2005)
*Coolmore Lexington Stakes (2005)
*Wood Memorial Stakes (2005)
*Forward Gal Stakes (2005)
*Jockey Club Gold Cup (2006)
*Withers Stakes (2006)
*Preakness Stakes (2006)
*Travers Stakes (2006)
*Jim Dandy Stakes (2006)
*Ben Ali Stakes (2006)
*Gallant Bloom Handicap (2006)
*Vagrancy Handicap (2007)
*Kelso Breeders' Cup Handicap (2007,2008)
*Canadian International Stakes (2008)

References

* [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=5829 Javier Castellano's profile at the NTRA]


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