Hall Of Fame Jockey Kent Desormeaux Reaches 5,000-Win Mark

Posted on Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux rode his 5,000th winner Sunday, July 27, aboard Gumpster Stables’ Bella Attrice in the 7th allowance race at Saratoga Race Course.

The milestone victory took a while to reach. He rode his 4,998th winner on July 7 at Philadelphia Park, then went 0-for-30 before riding No. 4,999 last Opening Day Wednesday, July 23, at Saratoga.

“Aside from my first win (aboard Miss Tavern at Evangeline Downs on July 13, 1986), my first Kentucky Derby (on Real Quiet in 1998),” said the 38-year-old jockey Kent Desormeaux, who is the 23rd jockey to reach the 5,000 mark. “Those are the two I hold close to my heart.”

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Jockey Kent Desormeaux: It Just Wasn’t Big Brown’s Day

Posted on Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Jockey Kent DesormeauxJockey Kent Desormeaux still can’t figure out what went wrong in Big Brown’s last-place finish in the 2008 Belmont Stakes last June 7 at Belmont Park.

“Regardless of whether I had to earn it or not, I don’t think it would have mattered what kind of trip I had, it just wasn’t Big Brown’s day,” jockey Kent Desormeaux said Saturday after accepting the trophy for his Kentucky Derby victory at Churchill Downs.

Earlier this week, Big Brown’s trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. questioned jockey Kent Desormeaux’s ride and his actions following the Belmont Stakes loss, but Desormeaux said they are on even terms now.

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