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Listed to ride in six of the nine races on Saturday’s card, Leon is looking to chip away at the seven wins he needs to reach 1,000 for his career. “I know how close I am,” he said. “It will mean a lot ...

Ferrer steps back into an ultra-competitive jockey colony that includes 11-time Monmouth Park riding champ Paco Lopez, along with Samuel Marin and Samy Camacho, who finished 1-2 in the Tampa Bay ...

OCEANPORT – The breathtaking video of jockey Sonny Leon weaving Rich Strike through the entire Kentucky Derby field in 2022 to score a stunning win at 80-1 has quickly become an iconic piece of ...

Part of the improbable story of 80-1 long shot Rich Strike winning Saturday's 148th running of the Kentucky Derby was that his jockey, Sonny Leon, rode several races on Friday at Belterra Park in ...

To celebrate the milestone, ... a three-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey, ... At 80-1 odds, Rich Strike (21), with Sonny Leon aboard, won the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby in 2022.

Sonny Leon, the jockey aboard 80-1 shot Rich Strike in the 2022 Run for the Roses, returned to Churchill Downs on Saturday and left with a 15-day suspension.

Jockey Sonny Leon will be in Saratoga to ride Rich Strike in the Aug. 27 Travers (G1). He'll fly out of Florida on Saturday morning and his agent, Jeff Perrin, just hopes he doesn't have any ...

Sonny Leon became a big name in the sport when he steered Rich Strike to victory in the Kentucky Derby. But he says he’s happiest on small-time ovals.

While jockey Sonny Leon entered the Kentucky Derby (G1) starting gate without a previous graded stakes win, a new statistical approach to rating jockeys suggested the Ohio-based rider would not be ...

Winning the Kentucky Derby could be career-changing for Sonny Leon, but not right away. Rich Strike's jockey is serving a suspension this week, the fourth imposed on him since September. Two days ...

Winning the Kentucky Derby could be career-changing for Sonny Leon, but not right away. Rich Strike's jockey is serving a suspension this week, the fourth imposed on him since September. Two days ...