Brian Hernandez Jr.

Jockey

Birthday November 3, 1985

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Lafayette, Louisiana

Age 38 years old

Nationality United States

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1985

Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. (born November 3, 1985, in Lafayette, Louisiana) is an American Eclipse Award-winning jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

2003

He began riding professionally in 2003 and got his first win on November 29 of that year at Louisiana's Delta Downs.

2004

In 2004, Hernandez won 243 races and was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.

2009

In 2009 he rode Rachel Alexandra to two wins in her first five starts.

2012

On August 18, 2012, he won the 1,000th race of his career at Ellis Park Race Course and on November 3, 2012, his 27th birthday, he won the most important race of his career aboard Fort Larned, in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park.

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