Cornelio Velásquez

Cornelio Velasquez
Occupation	Jockey
Born	September 28, 1968 Panama City, Panama
Career wins	2,755 (through 6/13/10)
Major racing wins
Clasico del Caribe (1992) Whirlaway Stakes (1999) Aqueduct Handicap (2000) Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Handicap (2002) Memorial Day Handicap (2002) Oklahoma Derby (2002) Alcibiades Stakes (2003) Clasico del Caribe (2003) Alabama Stakes (2004) Clasico del Caribe (2004) Holy Bull Stakes (2004, 2005, 2007) Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap (2004) Adirondack Breeders' Cup Stakes (2005) Arlington Handicap (2005) Demoiselle Stakes (2005) Secretariat Stakes (2005, 2006) Sunshine Millions Fillies & Mares Sprint (2005) Bed O' Roses Breeders' Cup Handicap (2005) Ashland Stakes (2006) Jamaica Handicap (2006) Belmont Lexington Stakes (2006) Lexington Stakes (2006) Ogden Phipps Handicap (2006) Beaugay Handicap (2006) Remsen Stakes (2006) Shuvee Handicap (2006) Stonerside Beaumont Stakes (2006) Swale Stakes (2007) Bonnie Miss Stakes (2007) Honorable Miss Handicap (2008) Brooklyn Derby (2010) Manhattan Handicap (2010) Ballerina Stakes (2010) American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Sprint (2003) Breeders' Cup Distaff (2005)
Significant horses
Closing Argument, Showing Up, Nobiz Like Shobiz

Cornelio H. Velásquez (born September 28, 1968 in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was introduced to horse racing at age fifteen by trainer Carlos Salazar Guardia in his native Panama and enrolled in the national jockey school. In his first year of racing he was his country's top apprentice jockey and was the leading rider again in 1994 and 1995.

In 1996 Cornelio Velasquez emigrated to the United States to race at Elmont, New York's Belmont Park. During the ensuing ten years he competed at meets at tracks in Kentucky and Florida, winning several riding titles. His big break came in 2003 when he won his first Breeders' Cup on Cajun Beat in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. A two-time winner of Breeders' Cup races, in 2005 Velasquez rode Closing Argument to a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and in 2007 is scheduled to compete on the well-regarded colt, Nobiz Like Shobiz.

References

• Cornelio Velasquez at the NTRA

Year-end charts

Chart (2000–present)	Peak position
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2000	62
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2001	33
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2002	17
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2003	13
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2004	11
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005	9
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2006	9
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007	4
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008	12
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009	26
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2010	25
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2011	15
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2012	16
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2013	13
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2014	13
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2015	21