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Jockey Edgar Prado, Trainer Carl Nafzger Elected to Hall of Fame
Jockey Edgar Prado, who rode Barbaro to victory in the 2006 Kentucky Derby, and horse trainer Carl Nafzger were elected to the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame on Monday. Induction ceremonies will be on August 4.
Also elected were jockey Ismael “Milo” Valenzuela and horses Inside Information, Manila and Ancient Title.
Forty-year-old Edgar Prado led the nation in victories in consecutive years from 1997-97. In 2006, he guided the late Barbaro to a win in the Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs on his way to winning the Eclipse Award as the nation’s top jockey.
“I’m just speechless. I’m shaking like a leaf,” said Prado, who also won two Belmont Stakes in his career. “Just to be nominated for the Hall of Fame among all my peers, was great.”
Horse trainer Carl Nafzger, 67, has conditioned champions such as Unbridled, Banshee Breeze and Street Sense, last year’s Kentucky Derby winner, during his career.
Jockey Ismael “Milo” Valenzuela rode from 1951 through 1980, winning 2,545 career races for earnings of more than $20 million. He won the Kentucky Derby in 1958 with Tim Tam, then pulled of the Derby-Preakness double 10 years later with Forward Pass.
Inside Information won 14 of 17 races in his career, including a record 13 1/2-length triumph in the 1995 Breeders’ Cup Distaff.
Manila, one of the most successful grass horses in American racing history, won 15 of 18 career races, earning more than $2.6 million.
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[…] entered into the Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado took a spill on the 7th race at Keeneland on April 23 and was sent to the University of Kentucky […]
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Hall of Fame Jockey Edgar Prado Took A Spill at Keeneland - Horses Wild: Horse Racing News. 2008 Kentucky Derby Triple Crown to Breeders’ Cup Racing Picks and Betting Tips
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:57 pm
[…] entered into the Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado took a spill on the 7th race at Keeneland on April 23 and was sent to the University of Kentucky […]