Jockey Tyler Conner earned his 1,000th career victory at Parx Racing in Bensalem, Pa., on Saturday when My Dixie Lass won the ninth race on the card, an allowance event, for trainer James Lawrence II.
Conner, 28, was born into a racing family in Lancaster, Pa., his father a trainer at Penn National and his mother having worked as a jockey, racing official and exercise rider. Tyler was on a different career path, however, riding in motocross races at an early age until he was convinced by a couple of accidents that it was too dangerous of a sport. He then turned to horse racing.
He took out his apprentice license in 2014, accepting his first mount on June 14 but not getting into the winner's circle until his 40th ride on Aug. 1 aboard Love Talk at Penn National for trainer Kimberly Graci.
Conner finished that first year with 40 wins from 465 mounts for earnings of just under $1 million, then won 168 races from 1,188 rides in 2015, his mount earnings more than $3.2 million.
Conner has been leading rider at Penn National, where he currently sits atop the jockey standings, and his 22 percent win rate in 2022 is his career best.
His biggest career win came last month when he guided Wow Whata Summer to a $168.69 upset victory for trainer James Lawrence II in the Grade 2 , $400,000 Penn Mile at Penn National.
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