Jockey Javier Castellano sets Gulfstream mark
March 17, 2012HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Jockey Javier Castellano broke the record for most wins during a Gulfstream meet Saturday when he won his 98th race of the season.
Castellano set the record aboard Repenter in the first race on the 72nd day of the meet. He shared the mark of 97 with Jerry Bailey (1996 over 64 days), Wigberto Ramos (1991 over 81 days) and Julio Pezua (1987 over 50 days).
Seven of Castellano's 98 victories during the 2011-2012 Gulfstream season have come in stakes races, notably the Holy Bull aboard Algorithms.
Castellano, a prominent rider on the New York-Gulfstream circuit, won the 2006 Preakness Stakes with Bernardini and rode his 3,000th winner earlier this winter. He began riding in Venezuela in 1996 before coming to the U.S. the next year.