Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Janacek wins the 2012 jockey title

The Czech jockey Vaclav Janacek won the 2012 jockey title in Spain with 65 wins in 317 races and a total prize money of 605,048 euros. He won the Premio Beamonte - Spanish Oaks with Opikoppi as his most important win this year, winning also the Premio Velayos with Galipoli, and the Premio Gladiateur with Achtung. He won also the Italian St. Leger.

In the 2nd place was Julien Grosjean with 41 wins and third was Jeremy Crocquevieille with 33 wins. Both French jockeys will not be based in Spain in 2013. Oscar Ortiz de Urbina and Alvaro Gómez both won 28 races each. Alvaro Gómez is the new jockey for 2013 for trainer J. M. Osorio, replacing J. Crocquevieille.

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