Charles Town: Latest jockey and trainer stats
The Biz- February 25, 2025
We catch up on the latest jockey and trainer statistics from Charles Town Races. Who’s hot (and not)?
Arnaldo Bocachica and Marshall Mendez remain one-two among jockeys by wins, with Christian Maldonado creeping closer. On the trainer side, Ronney Brown surged to the front with another strong weekend.
The numbers:
JOCKEY TOP 10 WINS
Arnaldo Bocachica just keeps on keepin’ on: winning at a clip above 30% and dominating the jockey standings to date… Christian Maldonado won four last week to inch closer to the top pair… Five riders have seven wins apiece, just outside the top 10… Four riders remain winless after 10 or more starts this season…
| Jockey | Starts | Wins | Win Percentage |
| Bocachica Arnaldo | 89 | 28 | 31.46% |
| Mendez Marshall | 85 | 19 | 22.35% |
| Maldonado Christian | 109 | 17 | 15.60% |
| Acosta J D | 100 | 11 | 11.00% |
| Lewis Justin M | 107 | 10 | 9.35% |
| Hiraldo Christian | 70 | 10 | 14.29% |
| Bocachica O | 62 | 10 | 16.13% |
| Araujo Denis Vicente | 45 | 9 | 20.00% |
| Rodriguez V | 61 | 8 | 13.11% |
| Cruz Angel | 34 | 8 | 23.53% |
JOCKEY TOP 10 PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED
Carlos Lopez, who made no starts at CT during the racing week, remains atop the list with four wins in limited action… Lopez is one of five riders not among the top 10 by wins to appear on this list… The top two by wins are second and fourth in percentage of purse earned…
| Jockey | Starts | Wins | Pct of purse earned |
| Lopez Carlos Eduardo | 10 | 4 | 29.60% |
| Bocachica Arnaldo | 89 | 28 | 25.23% |
| Cruz Angel | 34 | 8 | 20.06% |
| Mendez Marshall | 85 | 19 | 18.78% |
| Latchman Reshawn | 40 | 7 | 18.40% |
| Bocachica Abnel J | 28 | 4 | 15.58% |
| Trotman Keimar | 11 | 1 | 15.16% |
| Araujo Denis Vicente | 45 | 9 | 15.15% |
| Bocachica O | 62 | 10 | 14.81% |
| Reynolds L C | 26 | 4 | 14.69% |
JOCKEY TOP 10 BY WINS ABOVE EXPECTATIONS
The three riding Bocachicas — Arnaldo, his brother Orlando, and his son Abnel — all are among the top seven by wins above expectations, which compares the number of wins a rider or trainer has recorded to the number predicted by the odds of his starters…The full range of wins above expectations is nearly nine, from 2.83 to (-5.95)
| Jockey | Starts | Wins | Wins above expectations |
| Bocachica Arnaldo | 89 | 28 | 2.83 |
| Rodriguez V | 61 | 8 | 2.50 |
| Mendez Marshall | 85 | 19 | 2.12 |
| Lopez Carlos Eduardo | 10 | 4 | 2.10 |
| Araujo Denis Vicente | 45 | 9 | 2.02 |
| Bocachica Abnel J | 28 | 4 | 1.87 |
| Bocachica O | 62 | 10 | 1.79 |
| Diaz Sunday Jr | 47 | 7 | 1.78 |
| Cruz Angel | 34 | 8 | 1.69 |
| Chilo Maximo | 65 | 7 | 1.63 |
TRAINERS TOP 10 BY WINS
The list includes 11, since six trainers have five wins apiece… Ronney Brown won four times this past week to take over the top spot… Kieron Magee has won with five of seven starters at CT thus far; that’s a 71% strike rate… Twenty-three trainers have made seven or more starts without a win…
| Trainer | Starts | Wins | Win Pct. |
| Brown Ronney W | 104 | 21 | 20.19% |
| Farrior Anthony | 76 | 19 | 25.00% |
| Runco Jeff C | 45 | 10 | 22.22% |
| Contreras Javier | 45 | 10 | 22.22% |
| Jones Michael E Jr | 98 | 7 | 7.14% |
| Mangual Manolo | 16 | 5 | 31.25% |
| Magee Kieron | 7 | 5 | 71.43% |
| Knudsen Kent | 26 | 5 | 19.23% |
| Grams Timothy C | 32 | 5 | 15.63% |
| Gazzier Kristy | 15 | 5 | 33.33% |
| Atkins Michael G | 19 | 5 | 26.32% |
TRAINERS TOP 10 BY PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED
Not surprisingly, Magee, who also has a second-place finish, is tops in percentage of purse earned… Anthony Farrior is the only trainer with more than five wins to appear on this list, which suggests that as more trainers have higher numbers of starts, the list’s composition will change… In general, trainers with high win percentages are represented here, but that’s not the whole picture; also here are trainers like Stephen Murdock, with just a win but also five runner-up finishes from seven starts, and Toschia Spriggs, who has five other in-the-money finishes in addition to her win…
| Trainer | Starts | Wins | Win Pct. | Pct of purse |
| Magee Kieron | 7 | 5 | 71.43% | 46.22% |
| Gazzier Kristy | 15 | 5 | 33.33% | 30.29% |
| Brown Kelton | 9 | 4 | 44.44% | 29.88% |
| Murdock Stephen | 7 | 1 | 14.29% | 26.70% |
| Deiter Kelly Lynn | 8 | 2 | 25.00% | 24.89% |
| Carlisle John C | 9 | 3 | 33.33% | 23.99% |
| Sterling Michael E | 7 | 2 | 28.57% | 23.45% |
| Farrior Anthony | 76 | 19 | 25.00% | 22.48% |
| Spriggs Toschia R | 10 | 1 | 10.00% | 19.05% |
| Siculietano Daniel W | 14 | 4 | 28.57% | 18.91% |
TRAINER TOP 10 BY WINS ABOVE EXPECTATIONS
Trainer Ronney Brown leads in wins above expectations, comparing actual wins to what the odds of his runners would have predicted. He has won 4.06 more times than his odds suggest he should have… Jeff Runco is the only other trainer in the top 10 by wins to appear on this list, as well, coming in fourth with 2.85 wins above expectations… The range for all trainers is 4.06 to (-2.75)…
| Trainer | Starts | Wins | Wins above expectations |
| Brown Ronney W | 104 | 21 | 4.06 |
| Magee Kieron | 7 | 5 | 3.40 |
| Atkins Michael G | 19 | 5 | 2.86 |
| Runco Jeff C | 45 | 10 | 2.85 |
| Mangual Manolo | 16 | 5 | 2.47 |
| Siculietano Daniel W | 14 | 4 | 2.33 |
| Brown Kelton | 9 | 4 | 1.98 |
| Gazzier Kristy | 15 | 5 | 1.86 |
| Figgins Ollie L III | 17 | 4 | 1.38 |
| Knudsen Kent | 26 | 5 | 1.36 |
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