Familiar names lead Top Midlantic jockey ranks * The Racing Biz

FAMILIAR NAMES LEAD TOP MIDLANTIC JOCKEY RANKS

*Jockey Sheldon Russell. Photo Jim McCue, Maryland Jockey Club.*

Frank Vespe
December 18, 2020

Jockey Arnaldo Bocachica has run away from his Charles Town rivals in pretty much every statistical category – among them our Top Midlantic Jockey rankings for the track.

The rankings which take into account win percentage, earnings per start, and wagering return on investment. Specific to each track, they compare each jockey to the average at the track, with the higher the score, the better.

The averages for the currently operating tracks are in a very narrow band, ranging from a low of 2.62 at Parx Racing to a high of 2.70 at Charles Town Races. Jockeys who make fewer starts than the average at a given track see their scores reduced to minimize the impact on the standings of a trainer who wins with, say, two of four starters.

CHARLES TOWN RACES

With just two days of live racing to go at Charles Town, Bocachica will take home top honors easily. He has 4.55 points, which leaves him more than 1.0 points clear of runner-up Christian Hiraldo (3.50).

Bocachica’s 157 wins are more than twice the number earned by any other rider, and his earnings per start, more than $5,000, are also well more than any other CT regular. And even with 532 starts, his wagering return on investment, -20%, is slightly above average at the track.

Of the CT regulars, the top jock in terms of wagering ROI is Fredy Peltroche. With 268 mounts, Peltroche has returned bettors a profit of +26%. That helps Peltroche reach third in our rankings with 3.47 points, and he’s followed by Denis Araujo (3.43) and Gerald Almodovar (3.37).

	JOCKEY
1	Bocachica Arnaldo	4.55
2	Hiraldo Christian	3.50
3	Peltroche Fredy	3.47
4	Araujo Denis	3.43
5	Almodovar Gerald	3.37
6	Acosta J D	3.33
7	Ho Wesley	3.30
8	Latchman Reshawn	3.20
9	Montano Jose	3.07
10	Lopez Antonio	2.95
11	Thorpe Darius	2.90
12	Batista Luis A	2.83
13	Diaz Jr Sunday	2.55
14	Delgado Carlos J	2.53
15	Maldonado Ramon R	2.33
16	Villegas Jerry	2.25
17	Larrosa Gustavo	2.24
18	Rodriguez Victor	2.06
19	Trotman Keimar	2.02
20	Marrero Carlos	2.01
21	Simpson Jason	1.71
22	Carmouche III S J	1.67
23	Morales Kelvin O	1.31
24	Rocha Wladimir	1.29
25	Rivera Javier	1.28
26	Schneider Joseph	0.93
27	Mayhew Glenmore W	0.41
28	Whitacre Grant	0.41
29	Ortiz Yomar Orlando	0.34
30	Gomez Kevin	0.24
31	Betancourt Jose R	0.19
32	Hamilton Weston	0.17
33	Diaz Carlos A	0.17
34	Olmo Christian J	0.12
35	Cruz Angel	0.10
36	Toledo Jevian	0.10
37	Halliday Vince	0.09
38	Burgos Alberto	0.09
39	Perez Xavier	0.08
40	Whisman Avery	0.05

Sea Dancer gets valuable stakes win in Carousel
Sea Dancer, a younger half-sis to one of the top turf horses in the country, earned her first stakes win in Saturday’s Carousel at Laurel Park.

LAUREL PARK

Just as his wife Brittany Russell is leading the Laurel Park trainer standings, jockey Sheldon Russell is in charge in our jockey rankings for Laurel Park.

Russell, who leads the track in win, win percentage, earnings, and earnings per start, has 5.84 points. That gives him a solid lead over Jorge Ruiz, who is second with 5.07 points. They are followed by Victor Rosales (4.15), Jevian Toledo (4.11), and Victor Carrasco (3.90).

Russell has even managed to return bettors more than they wagered on him, generating an ROI of +34%. In that area, however, Rosales (+79%) and Ruiz (+58%) clearly have the edge.

Laurel has five days left in its 2020 season.

	JOCKEY
1	Russell Sheldon	5.84
2	Ruiz Jorge	5.07
3	Rosales Victor	4.15
4	Toledo Jevian	4.11
5	Carrasco Victor R	3.90
6	Crispin Alexander	3.59
7	Perez Xavier	3.18
8	Cruz Angel	3.09
9	Rosado Johan	3.08
10	Mccarthy Trevor	3.02
11	Davis Katie	3.01
12	Karamanos Horacio	2.53
13	Pimentel Julian	2.52
14	Ortiz Yomar Orlando	2.23
15	Gomez Kevin	1.95
16	Cintron Alex	1.87
17	Hamilton Weston	1.81
18	Corujo Leonardo	1.71
19	Acosta J D	1.71
20	Boyce Forest	1.59
21	Lyapustina Tais	1.48
22	Chirinos Roimes	1.45
23	Centeno Daniel	1.28
24	Cedeno Carol	1.21
25	Whitacre Grant	1.16
26	Glaser Lauralea	1.14
27	Rodriguez Jaime	1.12
28	Garcia Luis	1.08
29	Labarre Rebecca G	1.08
30	Cortez Alcibiades C	0.52
31	Joyce Jonathan	0.47
32	Suarez Angel	0.36
33	Evans Cecily	0.34
34	Betancourt Jose R	0.31
35	Correa Julio	0.29

PARX RACING

The Parx Racing jockey standings – at the top, at any rate – look remarkably like the win standings.

Meet leader Mychel Sanchez also owns the top spot in our jockey rankings. Sanchez, who has won 125 races at the Bensalem oval this year, also leads our jockey rankings with 4.42 points. That gives him the boost over Ruben Silvera (3.87 points) and Frankie Pennington (3.82).

They are followed at the top by Angel Castillo (3.45) and Jeremy Laprida (3.44). The top seven jockeys by wins are also the top seven in our Parx rankings, though in slightly modified order.

Sanchez builds his edge on solid overall numbers. His 21% strike rate is the highest among Parx regulars, and his earnings per start of $5,531 is just behind Pennington’s $5,589 for the lead among regulars. Even his wagering ROI of -1% is among the top regulars at the track.

The ROI leader among jockeys with more than 20 starts at Parx is Hector Caballero, who has a +20% ROI in 203 starts. Caballero is ninth overall with 2.81 points.

Parx has six days of live racing left in its season.

	JOCKEY
1	Sanchez Mychel J	4.42
2	Silvera Ruben	3.87
3	Pennington Frankie	3.82
4	Castillo Angel	3.45
5	Laprida Jeremy	3.44
6	Rodriguez Angel R	3.39
7	Gonzalez Silvestre	2.99
8	Ocasio Luis M	2.85
9	Caballero Hector	2.81
10	Nunez Anthony Y	2.71
11	Frey Kyle	2.69
12	Bisono John	2.57
13	Rivera Edwin	2.54
14	Nguyen Jason	2.50
15	Milan Gerardo	2.45
16	Rosado Roberto J	2.43
17	Haddock Dexter	2.43
18	Rodriguezcastro LA	2.26
19	Salgado Anthony	1.97
20	Torres Jomar	1.89
21	Esquivel Emmanuel	1.88
22	Garcia Wilfredo J	1.78
23	Bowman Adam	1.68
24	Ocasio Jonathan	1.66
25	Hernandez Jann N	1.62
26	Adorno Abner	1.59
27	Mangalee Navin	1.51
28	Flores Jr Laureano	1.47
29	Arroyo Angel S	1.38
30	Rivera Luis D	1.07
31	Cedeno Carol	1.04
32	Carmouche Kendrick	1.02
33	Cruz Joel	0.86
34	Rodriguez Jaime	0.84
35	Vargas Jr Jorge A	0.82
36	Burke Jermaine	0.76
37	Villanueva Luis G	0.63
38	Gonzalez Jorge Luis	0.62
39	Conner Tyler	0.59
40	Rosado Johan	0.54
41	Lopez Erick	0.53
42	DeCarlo Christopher P	0.41
43	Lopez Paco	0.37
44	Perez Jorge M	0.34
45	Worrie Andre S	0.33
46	Castillo Jr Angel	0.29
47	Gutierrez Reylu	0.29
48	Felix Jr Javier M	0.27
49	Sarmiento Rigo	0.25
50	Pinero Felix A	0.24
51	Flores Emilio	0.22
52	Castillo David	0.19
53	Halliday Vince	0.19
54	Flores Adrian	0.19
55	Torres Wesley	0.19
56	McCarron Matthew Otis	0.18
57	Hole Taylor M	0.18
58	Gonzalez Edwin	0.16
59	Wood George	0.14
60	Wolfsont Andrew	0.14
61	Vasquez Rolando	0.14
62	Mejia Tomas B	0.13
63	Rosales Victor	0.11
64	Diaz Jr Hector R	0.09

“Miracle” horse All Caps wins first in two years
All Caps nearly died from an infection two years ago. So how did she get to the winner’s circle at Charles Town Saturday? “A miracle,” says her owner.

PENN NATIONAL

No jockey has a longer lead in our rankings than does Edwin Gonzalez at Penn National. Gonzalez has 5.16 points; that’s nearly a point-and-a-half ahead of second-place Tyler Conner, who has 3.70.

Those two are followed by Inoel Beato (3.35), Ricardo Chiappe (3.19), and Andrew Wolfsont (3.18).

Penn is currently scheduled to have five more live racing cards in 2020.

Gonzalez has 164 wins in Grantville. That’s more than twice as many as any other rider there; Conner is second with 81.

Gonzalez also leads regular riders at the track in win percentage (34%) and earnings per start ($4,944). His wagering ROI of -4% is well above the track average of -24%. The leader in that category at Penn is Brittany Scampton, whose 18 winners have generated a +25% ROI. Scampton is 11^th overall in the standings with 2.25 points.

All numbers are based on “Statsmaster” data.

	JOCKEY
1	Gonzalez Edwin	5.16
2	Conner Tyler	3.70
3	Beato Inoel	3.35
4	Chiappe Ricardo	3.19
5	Wolfsont Andrew	3.18
6	Hernandez Julio A	2.88
7	Cora David	2.80
8	Diaz Vladimir	2.79
9	Otero William P	2.71
10	Inirio Maicol J	2.67
11	Scampton Brittany	2.25
12	Whitney Dana G	1.93
13	Corujo Wilfredo	1.88
14	Davis Jacqueline A	1.81
15	Rodriguez Edilberto	1.73
16	Rojas Jose F	1.64
17	Chaves Manuel	1.53
18	Flores Emilio	1.36
19	Silvera Ruben	1.15
20	Vargas Jr Jorge L	1.11
21	Rodriguez Angel R	0.83
22	Lloyd John W	0.70
23	Sheroski Stephanie E	0.63
24	Baker Christopher J	0.55
25	Esquivel Emmanuel	0.48
26	Garcia Wilfredo J	0.44
27	Arroyo Angel S	0.38
28	Corujo Leonardo	0.36
29	Toledo Jevian	0.33
30	Halliday Vince	0.30
31	Cruz Joel	0.29
32	Albright Kaylia	0.25
33	Marquez Charlie	0.25
34	Nunez Anthony Y	0.25
35	Frey Kyle	0.24
36	Mangalee Navin	0.22
37	Hamilton Weston	0.21
38	Gonzalez Silvestre	0.21
39	Haddock Dexter	0.21
40	Milan Gerardo	0.20
41	Davis Katie	0.18
42	Bowman Adam	0.17
43	Torres Jomar	0.17
44	Flores Jr Laureano	0.17
45	Russell Sheldon	0.16
46	Whisman Avery	0.16
47	Salgado Anthony	0.15
48	Mccarthy Trevor	0.15
49	Nguyen Jason	0.14
50	Vanek Helen Marie	0.13
51	Ruiz Jorge	0.13
52	Perez Xavier	0.13

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