Jesus Lopez Castanon (born Jesús López Castañón, March 4, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican jockey in American thoroughbred racing who won the 2011 Preakness Stakes. Mexicano Jesús Castañón gana el Preakness Stakes 22 May 2011 – BALTIMORE -- Montado por el mexicano Jesús López Castañón, Shackleford The son of a horse trainer, two brothers were also jockeys in Mexico. Father of four children. He is married to former jockey Rolanda Simpson. Castanon got his first win at Agua Caliente Racetrack in 1989 and later that year in the United States, won the Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar Racetrack in California. Since then he has competed at racetracks across the United States as well as in Canada, winning more than 2,000 races.
2011 U.S. Triple Crown On May 7, 2011, Jesus Castanon rode Shackleford to a fourth-place finish in the Kentucky Derby,Courier-Journal, May 8, 2011 the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. Two weeks later on May 21, aboard Shackleford he won the second leg of Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.ESPN – May 22, 2011
Year end charts Chart (2005–present)PeakpositionNational Earnings List for Jockeys 200559National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007100National Earnings List for Jockeys 200874National Earnings List for Jockeys 200964National Earnings List for Jockeys 201084National Earnings List for Jockeys 201149
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