Birthdate: August 10, 1965
Birthplace: Roswell, New Mexico
Residence: Pasadena, California
Status: Single
Most Important Races Won:
Kentucky Derby 2005 on Giacomo
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Grade 1 Races Won:
Acorn Stakes
Alabama Stakes
Apple Blossom Handicap
Ashland Stakes
Ballerina Stakes
Beldame Stakes
Breeders' Cup Classic
Breeders' Cup Distaff
Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Breeders'Cup Mile
Breeders' Cup Sprint
Breeders' Cup Turf
Caesars International Handicap
Californian Stakes
Clement L. Hirsch Mem'l Turf
Championship Stakes
Coaching Club American Oaks
E.P. Taylor Stakes |
Florida Derby
Frizette Stakes
Futurity Stakes
Gazelle Handicap
Go For Wand Handicap
Haskell Invitinal Handicap
Hempstead Handicap
Hopeful Stakes
Irish Two Thousand Guineas
Kentucky Derby
Meadowlands Cup Metropolitan Handicap
Mother Goose Stakes
NYRA Mile Handicap
Pacific Classic Stakes
Preakness Stakes
Ruffian Handicap |
San Carlos Handicap
San Juan Capistrano Invitat'l Handicap
Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap
Shuvee Handicap
Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap
Test Stakes
Top Flight Handicap
Travers Stakes
Turf Classic Invitational
Vanity Handicap
Vosbough Stakes
Whitney Handicap
Wood Memorial Internat'l S.
Woodward Stakes |
 Career Accomplishments:
Leading Jockey in New York 1991,1992, and 1993
7 Riding titles at Belmont Park
5 Riding titles at Aqueduct
3 Riding titles at Saratoga
Rode 6 winners at Aqueduct- twice 1992
Rode 5 winners at Saratoga 1996
10 Breeders' Cup wins
Awards:
Eclipse Awards - 1993, 1994
Mike Venezia Memorial Award 1991, 1992, and 1993
Inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003
In 1994 Mike won 20 Grade 1 stakes and a total of 68 stakes to break his own record.
Facts:
In 1991, became the first US based jockey to win a European Classic, taking the Irish Two Thousand Guineas with Fourstars Allstar.
ESPY Award 1994 - Best Jockey
Survived two accidents in one year (1998):
Gulfstream Park, fell and fractured his shoulder in 3 places, and broke his collarbone.
He returned 3 months later, to fall at Saratoga and fracture two vertebrae.
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