Laurel Park: Latest jockey and trainer stats
The Biz- April 9, 2025
Laurel Park was in action for three days of live racing this past weekend, and we’re crunching the numbers on jockey and trainer stats: wins, percentage of purse earned, added wins.
Here are the numbers:
JOCKEY TOP 10 WINS
Jaime Rodriguez kicked off the spring meet with a 5-for-18 weekend that enabled him to extend his lead in wins to 19 over JG Torrealba, who won three times… Newcomer Yedsit Hazlewood was 4-for-9 over the weekend… The stats below are year-to-date… Wes Hamilton won twice to move into eighth place…
| Jockey | Starts | Wins | Win Pct |
| Rodriguez Jamie | 179 | 43 | 24.02% |
| Torrealba JG | 153 | 24 | 15.69% |
| Russell Sheldon | 62 | 19 | 30.65% |
| Mena Raul E | 64 | 16 | 25.00% |
| Toledo Jevian | 114 | 15 | 13.16% |
| Sanchez Mychel J | 62 | 13 | 20.97% |
| Boyce Forest | 48 | 13 | 27.08% |
| Hamilton Weston | 118 | 12 | 10.17% |
| Cruz Angel | 102 | 11 | 10.78% |
| Lyapustina Tais | 46 | 10 | 21.74% |
JOCKEY TOP 10 PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED
Sheldon Russell has a slim lead over Forest Boyce in the percentage of purse earned, as those two have been first and second in shifting order for weeks… Gokhan Kocakaya, who went 1-for-2 last week, and Yedsit Hazlewood are new to the top 10…
| Jockey | Starts | Wins | PctPurseEarned |
| Russell Sheldon | 62 | 19 | 22.87% |
| Boyce Forest | 48 | 13 | 22.51% |
| Hernandez Julio A | 25 | 6 | 20.32% |
| Mena Raul E | 64 | 16 | 19.82% |
| Rodriguez Jamie | 179 | 43 | 19.64% |
| Araujo Denis Vicente | 34 | 5 | 18.87% |
| Kocakaya Gokhan | 11 | 3 | 18.78% |
| Hazlewood Yedsit | 21 | 4 | 18.61% |
| Lyapustina Tais | 46 | 10 | 18.32% |
| Torrealba JG | 153 | 24 | 18.12% |
JOCKEY TOP 10 BY ADDED WINS
Raul Mena was winless in three mounts last weekend but remains atop the table in added wins, comparing a jockey’s actual wins to the number that the odds of his or her mounts would have predicted… Forest Boyce remains in second and well clear of the rest… New to the top 10 this week are Hazlewood, Kocakaya, and Sara Del Fabbro, who went 2-for-4… The range of all riders is 6.18 to (-7.45)…
| Jockey | Starts | Wins | Added wins |
| Mena Raul E | 64 | 16 | 6.18 |
| Boyce Forest | 48 | 13 | 5.18 |
| Lyapustina Tais | 46 | 10 | 2.53 |
| Hernandez Julio A | 25 | 6 | 1.85 |
| Hazlewood Yedsit | 21 | 4 | 1.13 |
| Crispin Alexander | 22 | 3 | 1.12 |
| Araujo Denis Vicente | 34 | 5 | 1.04 |
| Sanchez Mychel J | 62 | 13 | 0.91 |
| Kocakaya Gokhan | 11 | 3 | 0.78 |
| Del Fabbro Sara | 41 | 4 | 0.66 |
TRAINERS TOP 10 BY WINS
Jamie Ness and Jose Corrales won three each this past weekend to pace the trainers, Corrales doing so in just seven starts… Other multiple winners were Rudy Sanchez-Salomon, Hugh McMahon, and Kieron Magee, who all won twice… No newcomers to the top 10 this week in wins… Stats are for the year-to-date… Eight trainers are winless with seven or more starts…
| Trainer | Starts | Wins | Win Pct |
| Ness Jamie | 110 | 30 | 27.27% |
| Russell Brittany T | 62 | 24 | 38.71% |
| Magee Kieron | 81 | 18 | 22.22% |
| Sanchez-Salomon Rodolfo | 78 | 14 | 17.95% |
| Gorham Michael E | 50 | 14 | 28.00% |
| Mcmahon Hugh I | 63 | 12 | 19.05% |
| Corrales Jose | 90 | 12 | 13.33% |
| Farrior Anthony | 25 | 7 | 28.00% |
| Trombetta Michael J | 38 | 6 | 15.79% |
| Gonzalez Claudio A | 53 | 6 | 11.32% |
| Bailes W Robert | 28 | 6 | 21.43% |
TRAINERS TOP 10 BY PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED
Little change in the percentage of purse earned category as the top three in it did not start a horse this past weekend… Brittany Russell, Anthony Farrior, and Robbie Bailes were the only trainers among the top 10 by wins to appear on this list… Four trainers were under 5%…
| Trainer | Starts | Wins | PctPurseEarned |
| Walters Henry | 13 | 2 | 27.61% |
| Hohlbein Kerry | 9 | 3 | 27.41% |
| Allard Edward T | 8 | 2 | 26.81% |
| Russell Brittany T | 62 | 24 | 26.14% |
| Davis Samuel G | 7 | 2 | 23.98% |
| Capuano Gary A | 23 | 5 | 23.37% |
| Bailes W Robert | 28 | 6 | 23.31% |
| Farrior Anthony | 25 | 7 | 21.68% |
| Salzman John E Jr | 15 | 3 | 21.36% |
| Feliciano Ben M Jr | 10 | 3 | 21.22% |
TRAINER TOP 10 BY ADDED WINS
Michael Gorham (1-of-4 last week) remained atop the leaderboard in added wins, comparing a trainer’s actual wins to what the odds of his or her runners would have predicted… Hugh McMahon went 2-of-6 to move into second, ahead of Brittany Russell (1-of-4)… Jose Corrales is the only newcomer to the top 10 this week… The range of all trainers is 5.26 to (-3.70)…
| Trainer | Starts | Wins | Added wins |
| Gorham Michael E | 50 | 14 | 5.26 |
| Mcmahon Hugh I | 63 | 12 | 4.13 |
| Russell Brittany T | 62 | 24 | 3.54 |
| Bailon Nesvil Hernan | 18 | 4 | 2.79 |
| Hohlbein Kerry | 9 | 3 | 1.84 |
| Serey Mario Jr | 27 | 4 | 1.72 |
| Corrales Jose | 90 | 12 | 1.72 |
| Sanchez-Salomon Rodolfo | 78 | 14 | 1.64 |
| Albert Linda L | 23 | 5 | 1.64 |
| Davis Samuel G | 7 | 2 | 1.63 |
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