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Jockey Jose Riquelme Celebrates 1,000th Winner

Jose Riquelme, part of the jockey colony at Indiana Grand for the past five seasons, celebrated his 1,000th career win over the weekend. Born in Peru, Riquelme has been closing in on the milestone this spring.

“I'm very happy to get this milestone,” said Riquelme. “I want to thank all the trainers and owners along the way that have supported me and given me the opportunity to ride.”

Riquelme began his riding career in his native Peru at Hipodromo de Monterrico in Lima in 1992. He moved his tack to the United States in 2000 and has enjoyed success through several circuits including New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Louisiana. He has been riding the summer months in Indiana since 1997 and now calls Indiana home with his wife, Gregoria, and daughter, Nathalia, along with their son, Jose.

Riquelme rode the winter at Fair Grounds in New Orleans where he won 28 races and finished in the top 10 among the leading jockeys. With limited starts this season at Indiana Grand in the first month of action, he has already earned three wins in 12 starts to help push him over the milestone.

The biggest win for Riquelme came in 2015 aboard Hard Aces for trainer Larry Jones in the Louisiana Handicap at Fair Grounds. The multiple stakes winning jockey has earned in excess of $19 million during his career in the United States.

Riquelme was joined by his wife, Gregoria, and daughter, Nathalia, for the winner's circle presentation. Eric Halstrom, vice president and general manager of racing, helped honor Riquelme for his latest accomplishment.

The 19th season of Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing is now in progress and continues through Monday, Nov. 8. Live racing is conducted at 2:25 p.m. Monday through Wednesday, with first post on Thursday set at 3:25 p.m. A special Indiana Champions Day highlighting the state's top Thoroughbred and Quarter Horses will be held Saturday, Oct. 30, beginning at noon. More information about the 2021 racing season is available at www.caesars.com/indiana-grand.

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Grade 3 Winner Ocho Ocho Ocho Sold To Stand In Peru

Grade 3 stakes winner Ocho Ocho Ocho will stand at Haras San Pablo in Lima, Peru, starting in the 2021 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

By Street Sense, out of the Horse Chestnut (SAF) mare Winner, Ocho Ocho Ocho captured the Breeders' Cup day undercard Juvenile Turf Sprint Stakes impressively by 5 3/4 lengths (run on dirt due to weather conditions) and the 1 1/16-mile $1-million G3 Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes, beating Grade 1-placed Mr. Z in a tenacious fight, and showing the same E Speed Figure (105) as Goldencents and Gunnevara when they won the same race. Ocho Ocho Ocho remained undefeated as a 2-year-old and is, to date, the best 2-year-old Street Sense colt by earnings.

At three, he ran third to Carpe Diem in the 1 1/8-mile G1 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes, and he arrived 1 1/2 lengths behind stallion Force the Pass in the G3 Penn Mile Stakes. In the Blue Grass Stakes, he registered a faster E Speed Figure (102) than Vekoma, Brody's Cause, Flameaway, McCraken and Free Drop Billy; all active U.S. stallions that also ran that race in following editions.

At four, after two consecutive seven- and four-month periods away from the track, he came second in a Santa Anita allowance optional claiming race to stallion and elite sprinter Lord Nelson before the latter won three consecutive Grade 1 races during the following four months.

Ocho Ocho Ocho raced from ages two to five, and he completed a 3-1-1 record from 11 starts with earnings of $852,360. He holds the fifth-best Class Perfomance Index (CPI) registered by Street Sense colts, only behind McKinzie, Concert Tour, Hallowed Crown, and Maxfield.

Ocho Ocho Ocho is a half-brother to Private Ensign (by A.P. Indy), placed in the G2 Davona Dale Stakes.

His first dam, Winner, sold for $700,000 in 2014, and she is a half-sister to Grade 3 winner Animal Spirits. She broke her maiden in her debut by 7 3/4 lengths at Belmont Park, and she completed a record of 1-1-1 in only three starts at Belmont and Saratoga.

His second dam, Pennant Champion, a $700,000 RNA in 2006, is a full-sister to Grade 1 winners Miner's Mark and Traditionally, as well as multiple Grade 1-placed Our Emblem. She is also a half-sister to multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire My Flag, the dam of champion Storm Flag Flying.

Pennant Champion is an extraordinary second dam, having produced eight stakes winner/placed horses, among them Ocho Ocho Ocho, Divine Oath, Auntie Joy, and Interactif, from four different mares. Ocho Ocho Ocho has Hall of Famer and 1996 Kentucky Broodmare of the year Personal Ensign as his third dam.

“He is going to be an extraordinary match for our pool of mares during the following years” said Eduardo Villaran Gallagher, who runs Haras San Pablo. “Ocho Ocho Ocho showed both amazing sprint speed and stamina, with a pedigree geared towards stamina. He is a son of leading sire Street Sense, and has a very strong female family that will probably be represented in the 2021 Kentucky Derby by Dynamic One, who recently came second in the G2 Wood Memorial by a head, having Personal Ensign as fourth dam”.

Haras San Pablo, a leading stud farm in Peru, has bred over 55 Group 1 winners in its more than 40 years of existence, with seven winners of the Peruvian Derby and more than 60 Postin Awards (Peruvian equivalent to Eclipse Awards).

Ocho Ocho Ocho arrived late last year at Ocala Stud and covered 5 mares in 2020.

Bloodstock agent Carlos S.E. Moore brokered the deal.

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Grade 3 Winner Draft Pick To Debut At Stud In Peru

Draft Pick, a Grade 3-winning son of Candy Ride, will enter stud in Peru, the South American publication Turf Diario reports.

The 6-year-old was purchased by an investment group led by Hamide Stables, where Draft Pick will stand at stud. The deal was brokered by Orbit Bloodstock.

Draft Pick retired with three wins in 15 starts for earnings of $542,031, racing for owner C R K Stable and trainer Peter Eurton. His record is highlighted by a victory in the Grade 3 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita Park.

Bred in Kentucky by Hinkle Farms, Draft Pick is out of the stakes-placed Arch mare Firehouse Red. He hails from the family of Grade 1 winner Jack Milton and Grade 3 winner Peace Preserver.

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Editorial Returns From Eventful Stay In Peru To Stand In Maryland

Editorial, a half-brother to top sire Uncle Mo, has returned to Anchor and Hope Farm in Port Deposit Maryland for the 2021 breeding season after the COVID-19 pandemic kept him in Peru longer than expected, BloodHorse reports.

The 7-year-old son of War Front shipped to Haras San Pablo in the summer of 2019 for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, and he was scheduled to return to Maryland to stand what would have been his third season in 2020. However, logistical hangups with quarantine stalled his return in January of last year. Then, once those hoops were cleared, the initial global shutdown at the onset of COVID-19 crippled the cargo shipment industry and created a shortage of available cargo planes, leading to the decision to keep the horse in Peru for the year.

Editorial cleared quarantine for the upcoming breeding season in January. His first foals are 2-year-olds of 2021.

Editorial won one of two starts during his on-track career, finishing second by a head on debut, then charging on the outside in his second start to prevail by a neck. Both races came over the turf at Gulfstream Park for the Coolmore partnership and trainer Todd Pletcher.

The stallion will stand for an advertised fee of $2,500 during the upcoming breeding season, with a “Ship and Win” incentive of $500 for the owners of mares who make their first visit to editorial in 2021.