Ramon A. Dominguez

Ramón Domínguez
Ramón Dominguez on Stay Thirsty, 2011 Kentucky Derby
Occupation	Jockey
Born	November 24, 1976 Caracas, Venezuela
Career wins	4,985
Major racing wins
Hirsch Jacobs Stakes (2002, 2003, 2004) Sword Dancer Invitational (2004) Wood Memorial Stakes (2004) United Nations Handicap (2005) Man O' War Stakes (2005, 2009, 2010) Louisiana Derby (2005) Pimlico Special (2006) Sky Classic Stakes (2006) Gallant Fox Handicap (2006) Oceanport Stakes (2006) Toboggan Handicap (2007, 2011) Gotham Stakes (2007, 2011, 2012) Manhattan Handicap (2007, 2012) Clark Handicap (2007) Damon Runyon Stakes (2007, 2008, 2009) Bourbon Stakes (2007) Busanda Stakes (2008, 2011) Victory Ride Stakes (2008) Beldame Stakes (2007, 2008, 2011) Remsen Stakes (2008, 2012) Matriarch Stakes (2008) Hollywood Derby (2008) Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap (2009) Shuvee Handicap (2009) True North Handicap (2009) Ogden Phipps Handicap (2009) Arlington Million (2009, 2012) Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap (2009) Sleepy Hollow Stakes (2009, 2010) Empire Classic Handicap (2009, 2011) Suburban Handicap (2010) Hopeful Stakes (2010) Garden City Stakes (2010, 2012) Jockey Club Gold Cup (2010) Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (2010, 2011) Tom Fool Handicap (2011) Apple Blossom Handicap (2011) Turf Classic Stakes (2011) Woody Stephens Stakes (2011) Peter Pan Stakes (2011) Beverly D. Stakes (2011) Woodward Stakes (2011) Spinaway Stakes (2011) Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (2011) Spinster Stakes (2011) Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (2012) Gulfstream Park Handicap (2012) Sunshine Millions Classic (2012) Just A Game Stakes (2012) Brooklyn Handicap (2012) Sheepshead Bay Handicap (2012) Jim Dandy Stakes (2012) Ballston Spa Handicap (2012) Travers Stakes (2012) Nearctic Stakes (2012) Cigar Mile Handicap (2012) Gazelle Stakes (2012) Classics & Breeders' Cup Breeders' Cup Turf (2004, 2012) Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2011)
Racing awards
United States Champion Jockey by wins (2001, 2003) Isaac Murphy Award (2004) Eclipse Award (2010, 2011, 2012) George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (2012)
Honours
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee (2016)
Significant horses
Sweetnorthernsaint, Better Talk Now, Bluegrass Cat, Invasor, Big Truck, Gio Ponti, Havre de Grace, Mucho Macho Man, Little Mike

Ramón A. Domínguez (born November 24, 1976 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a retired Eclipse Award-winning champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Domínguez began riding horses at age 16 in his native Venezuela in show jumping then turned to riding thoroughbreds in flat racing events at La Rinconada Hippodrome. He emigrated to the United States where he began riding at Florida's Hialeah Park Race Track in 1996.

In 2001 he got his big break by becoming the winningest jockey in the United States. He repeated the feat in 2003, and in 2004 he won the Isaac Murphy Award for having the highest winning percentage among all American-based jockeys.

Domínguez was the regular rider of two-time Eclipse Award-winning turf champion Gio Ponti, whom he has ridden to victories in six Grade One stakes races including Belmont Park's Man o' War Stakes twice, as well as the Arlington Million, Frank E. Kilroe Mile Handicap and Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes twice. His first win in the Breeders' Cup came in 2004 when he rode Better Talk Now to victory in the Breeders' Cup Turf. Domínguez has won six races in a day on three occasions, most recently on July 22, 2012 when he rode six winners from seven mounts at Saratoga Race Course tying the same day win record by a jockey among all New York tracks. He is the second jockey in Saratoga's history to win six races on a single race card. He has also won five races in a day on several occasions at Aqueduct Racetrack, most recently on February 17, 2010 when he won the first five races on the card.