Enrique M. Jurado

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Enrique Jurado
OccupationJockey
Born (1976-10-12) October 12, 1976 (age 45)
Lima, Peru
Career wins802 (USA)[1]
256 (Peru)
Major racing wins
(1996)
(1996, 1998)
(1996)
(1998)
Excelsior Stakes (1998)
Broward Handicap (1998)
De La Rose Handicap 1998)

Fire Plug Stakes (2006)
Significant horses
Sir Bear, Hurricane Viv, Yankee Wildcat

Enrique M. Jurado (born October 12, 1976, in Lima, Peru) is a Thoroughbred racehorse jockey in the United States. He rode for three years at in the Lima suburb of Santiago de Surco before emulating his countryman Edgar Prado and emigrated to the U.S. in 1994 where he began riding at racetracks in Florida.[2]

Among his better known hoses, Jurado rode the talented gelding, Sir Bear. Enrique Jurado won 802 races from 6,266 starts in North American thoroughbred races. Additionally, Jurado won 256 races in his native Peru prior to his arrival in the United States in 1994.

References[]

  1. ^ Equibase stas for Enrique M. Jurado
  2. ^ "Mini biography for Enrique Jurado at Meadowlands Racetrack". Archived from the original on 2007-08-16. Retrieved 2007-08-30.


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