Fernando De La Cruz
$4,162,124
2025 earnings
17%
2025 wins
$65,383,546
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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136
Firsts
2,691
84
Seconds
2,525
99
Thirds
2,363
465
Unplaced
10,689
784
Starts
18,268
$4,162,124
Earnings
$65,383,546
$5,309
Earnings / Start
$3,579
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Bio
Jockey Fernando De La Cruz had his breakout season in 2007 and has been a fixture mainly on the Kentucky circuit ever since with more than 2,400 wins up through December of 2023. De La Cruz won a career-high 207 races in 2016, and 2023 was the best yet in De La Cruz's career in terms of purse earnings when he set a personal all-time best in excess of $6.5 million.
De La Cruz is a multiple Grade 2 stakes-winning jockey aboard such winners as Bucchero (Woodford Stakes), Get Smokin (Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes), and Trademark, winner of the 2023 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Jockey Fernando De La Cruz had his breakout season in 2007 and has been a fixture mainly on the Kentucky circuit ever since with more than 2,400 wins up through December of 2023. De La Cruz won a career-high 207 races in 2016, and 2023 was the best yet in De La Cruz's career in terms of purse earnings when he set a personal all-time best in excess of $6.5 million.
De La Cruz is a multiple Grade 2 stakes-winning jockey aboard such winners as Bucchero (Woodford Stakes), Get Smokin (Kentucky Cup Turf Stakes), and Trademark, winner of the 2023 Clark Stakes at Churchill Downs.
