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Jesus Castanon
Occupation Jockey
Born (1973-03-04) March 4, 1973 (age 51)
Mexico City, Mexico
Career wins 2,042 (ongoing)
Major racing wins
Torrey Pines Stakes (1989)
Hoist Her Flag Stakes (1995)
Garden State Stakes (1999)
Obeah Stakes (1999)
Dominion Day Stakes (2002)
Hillsborough Stakes (2003)
Mecke Handicap (2003)
Red Bank Stakes (2004)
Chris Thomas Turf Classic (2004)
Turfway Park Fall Championship Stakes (2005)
Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap (2007)
River City Handicap (2008)
Ack Ack Handicap (2009)
Cardinal Handicap (2009)
Rushaway Stakes (2009)
Isaac Murphy Handicap (2010)
Opening Verse Stakes (2010)
Palm Beach Stakes (2010)
Churchill Downs Stakes (2012)
Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (2013)
Cornhusker Handicap (2014)
West Virginia Governor's Stakes (2014)

U.S. Triple Crown wins:
Preakness Stakes (2011)
Significant horses
Paddy O'Prado, Shackleford

Jesus Lopez Castanon (born Jesús López Castañón, March 4, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican jockey in American thoroughbred racing who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. The son of a horse trainer, two brothers were also jockeys in Mexico. Father of four children. He is married to former jockey Rolanda Simpson. Castanon got his first win at Agua Caliente Racetrack in 1989 and later that year in the United States, won the Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar Racetrack in California. Since then he has competed at racetracks across the United States as well as in Canada, winning more than 2,000 races.

2011 U.S. Triple Crown

On May 7, 2011, Jesus Castanon rode Shackleford to a fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. Two weeks later on May 21, aboard Shackleford he won the second leg of Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.

Year end charts

Chart (2005–present) Peak
position
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005 59
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007 100
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008 74
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009 64
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2010 84
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2011 49
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