Fernando De La Cruz
$2,370,493
2026 earnings
16%
2026 wins
$68,536,028
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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48
Firsts
2,754
32
Seconds
2,569
28
Thirds
2,403
183
Unplaced
10,952
291
Starts
18,678
$2,370,493
Earnings
$68,536,028
$8,146
Earnings / Start
$3,669
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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.
