Laurel Park: Latest jockey and trainer stats

Laurel Park was in action for four 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.

Stats are year-to-date in Maryland, including both Laurel and Pimlico, and not meet-specific. Here are the numbers:

JOCKEY TOP 10 WINS

Jevian Toledo went 4-for-8 during the truncated week to lead all riders… JG Torrealba, Mychel Sanchez, Jaime Rodriguez, and Yedsit Hazlewood all won twice… 11 jockeys won at least one race… Numbers are for the entire year in Maryland and not specific to any meet or track…

JockeyStartsWinsWin Pct
Rodriguez Jamie2846021.13%
Russell Sheldon1143530.70%
Torrealba JG2363414.41%
Toledo Jevian2043316.18%
Sanchez Mychel J1362921.32%
Mena Raul E841922.62%
Boyce Forest891921.35%
Hazlewood Yedsit1271814.17%
Briceno Jean Gregor1301813.85%
Villalobos Ismerio1111715.32%
Hamilton Weston205178.29%

JOCKEY TOP 10 PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED

Eliseo Ruiz (5-for-10 in limited Maryland opportunities) leads in percentage of purse earned, though Sheldon Russell, winning at a 31% clip, is nipping at his heels… The top 10 remained steady this week…

JockeyStartsWinsPctPurseEarned
Ruiz Eliseo10522.89%
Russell Sheldon1143522.37%
Bocachica Arnaldo26820.28%
Kocakaya Gokhan14418.46%
Rodriguez Jamie2846017.83%
Boyce Forest891917.37%
Villalobos Ismerio1111716.91%
Sanchez Mychel J1362916.81%
Torrealba JG2363416.29%
Araujo Denis Vicente48615.63%
Percentage of purse earned is approximate and does not precisely account for Maryland-bred or other bonuses included in purse earnings.

JOCKEY TOP 10 BY ADDED WINS

Raul Mena and Forest Boyce remain clear of the rest, with Mena narrowly ahead of Boyce in added wins, comparing a rider’s actual wins to what the odds of his or her runners would have predicted… Arnaldo Bocachica (1-for-2) entered the top 10, while Mychel Sanchez (2-for-3) jumped from ninth to fourth… The range of all riders is 6.89 to (-8.84)…

JockeyStartsWinsAdded wins
Mena Raul E84196.89
Boyce Forest89196.24
Briceno Jean Gregor130184.28
Sanchez Mychel J136293.71
Russell Sheldon114353.14
Ruiz Eliseo1052.67
Crispin Alexander4762.31
Rodriguez Yan4471.98
Lyapustina Tais96151.81
Bocachica Arnaldo2681.71

TRAINERS TOP 10 BY WINS

Brittany Russell went 3-for-3 at Laurel last weekend, while Justin Nixon went 2-for-2, and they were the only multiple winners on the weekend… All three of Russell’s wins came on Saturday… 15 trainers won at least one race…

TrainerStartsWinsWin Pct
Russell Brittany T1314937.40%
Ness Jamie1704526.47%
Magee Kieron1242721.77%
Sanchez-Salomon Rodolfo1352417.78%
Mcmahon Hugh I1101816.36%
Gorham Michael E611626.23%
Corrales Jose1421611.27%
Farrior Anthony521325.00%
Capuano Gary A371129.73%
Trombetta Michael J881011.36%
Robb John J781012.82%

TRAINERS TOP 10 BY PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED

Gary Capuano (1-for-1 last weekend) maintained a slight lead over Brittany Russell in percentage of purse earned… Those two, plus Jamie Ness, are the only trainers in the top 10 by wins (with at least 10 wins) and percentage of purse earned… Robbie Bailes, with nine wins, is just outside the top 10 in wins and is 10th in percentage of purse earned…

TrainerStartsWinsPctPurseEarned
Capuano Gary A371125.31%
Russell Brittany T1314924.61%
Machado Antonio12424.17%
Moore Michael M12523.08%
Saville Niall11422.52%
Allard Edward T10222.27%
Ness Jamie1704520.41%
Merryman Elizabeth M14219.77%
Geralis Emanuel J23418.94%
Bailes W Robert49918.80%
Percentage of purse earned is approximate and does not precisely account for Maryland-bred or other bonuses included in purse earnings.

TRAINER TOP 10 BY ADDED WINS

Brittany Russell, 6-for 14 the last two weeks, continues to expand her lead in added wins, comparing a trainer’s actual wins to what the odds of his or her runners would have predicted… Her two closest pursuers, Michael Gorham, now racing primarily at Delaware, and the suspended Rudy Sanchez-Salomon, did not make a start locally… Gary Capuano and Anthony Farrior (1-for-2 last weekend) both entered the top 10… The range of all trainers is 10.08 to (-4.95)…

TrainerStartsWinsAdded wins
Russell Brittany T1314910.08
Gorham Michael E61165.98
Sanchez-Salomon Rodolfo135244.65
Saville Niall1143.08
Bailon Nesvil Hernan2242.68
Magee Kieron124272.45
Capuano Gary A37112.41
Moore Michael M1252.34
Mcmahon Hugh I110182.07
Farrior Anthony52131.61

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