Colonial Downs: Latest jockey and trainer stats

  • userThe Biz
  • dateJuly 22, 2025

We catch up on the latest jockey and trainer statistics from Colonial Downs. Who’s hot (and not)?

We break it down: total wins, percentage of purse money earned, and added wins.

The numbers:

JOCKEY TOP 10 WINS

After losing on his first 24 mounts in New Kent, Mychel Sanchez ran off five wins in 16 starts over three days last week to lead all riders in wins for the week, as he went 5-for-22… Sheldon Russell went 4-for-11, while Paco Lopez was 3-for-9 and Axel Concepcion was 3-for-14… Seven riders won twice: jumps jockey Graham Watters, plus Ismerio Villalobos, Jevian Toledo, Jorge Ruiz, Micah Husbands, Antonio Gallardo, and Ben Curtis… Eight riders are just outside the top group with two wins apiece thus far at the meet… Twenty-two riders won at least once…

JockeyStartsWinsWin Pct
Russell Sheldon26726.92%
Lopez Pascacio28725.00%
Curtis Ben34617.65%
Sanchez Mychel J40512.50%
Centeno D E30516.67%
Concepcion Axel28414.29%
Toledo Jevian3339.09%
Husbands Micah J12325.00%
Gallardo Antonio A26311.54%

JOCKEY TOP 10 PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED

The top 10 in percentage of purse earned looks like this… It includes five of the nine riders with at least three wins and at least six starts… Ismerio Villalobos and Jorge Ruiz are new to the top 10…

JockeyStartsWinsPctPurseEarned
Lopez Pascacio28720.93%
Husbands Micah J12319.73%
Russell Sheldon26718.75%
Curtis Ben34618.64%
Cheminaud Vincent10216.20%
Esquivel Emmanuel12215.96%
Centeno D E30515.26%
Villalobos Ismerio16214.00%
Ruiz Jorge23213.87%
Lopez J E9113.35%

JOCKEY TOP 10 BY ADDED WINS

Added wins compares a rider’s actual wins to what the odds of his or her starters would have predicted… The top five, plus Victor Carrasco (10th), all were in the top 10 last week… Eleven of 32 riders to have made six starts to date are in positive territory… The full range is 2.61 to (-1.84)…

JockeyStartsWinsAdded wins
Russell Sheldon2672.61
Lopez Pascacio2872.10
Centeno D E3051.37
Cheminaud Vincent1021.10
Machado Luan1021.08
Villalobos Ismerio1620.70
Esquivel Emmanuel1220.67
Husbands Micah J1230.54
Perez Xavier810.41
Carrasco Victor R1820.13

TRAINERS TOP 10 BY WINS

Brittany Russell won with four of her 15 runners during the week to lead all trainers and move to the top of the leaderboard… Mike Trombetta, Jamie Ness, and Jorge Duarte all won three times, with Duarte going 3-for-4… Saffie Joseph and Jack Fisher each won twice… Twenty-nine trainers won at least one race…

TrainerStartsWinsWin Pct
Russell Brittany T28621.43%
Trombetta Michael J29517.24%
Ness Jamie16318.75%
Joseph Saffie A Jr10330.00%
Fisher John R S6350.00%
Duarte Jorge Jr4375.00%
Delacour Arnaud9333.33%

TRAINERS TOP 10 BY PERCENTAGE OF PURSE EARNED

The top 10 in percentage of purse earned among those making at least three starts to date looks like this… Four of the seven trainers with at least three wins are in the top 10 here, as well…

TrainerStartsWinsPctPurseEarned
Duarte Jorge Jr4353.25%
Bailes W Robert7232.73%
Sillaman Richard P6231.24%
Fisher John R S6331.20%
Klesaris Steve6228.74%
Maldonado Jonathan4128.51%
Ness Jamie16321.21%
Joseph Saffie A Jr10321.17%
Motion H Graham4121.12%
Schoenthal Phil6120.90%

TRAINER TOP 10 BY ADDED WINS

Of 57 trainers to have made at least three starts, these are the top 10 in added wins, comparing a trainer’s actual wins to what the odds of his or her starters would have predicted… Twenty-seven trainers are in positive territory… The range of all trainers is 1.84 to (-1.92)…

TrainerStartsWinsAdded wins
Duarte Jorge Jr431.84
Fisher John R S631.65
Sillaman Richard P621.40
Delacour Arnaud931.08
Klesaris Steve620.99
Trombetta Michael J2950.94
Russell Brittany T2860.90
Mcpeek Kenneth G1020.75
Maldonado Jonathan410.71
Flores Irvin G710.70

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