Luis Carvajal, Jr.
$485,895
2022 earnings
10%
2022 wins
$7,100,917
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2022 Stats
Career Stats
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13
Firsts
192
26
Seconds
192
14
Thirds
194
83
Unplaced
1,101
136
Starts
1,679
$485,895
Earnings
$7,100,917
$3,573
Earnings / Start
$4,229
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Bio
Luis Carvajal Jr. went out on his own in 2006 after serving as an assistant to Bob Durso. Carvajal earned his first stakes win in 2007 when he won the Bernie Dowd Handicap at Monmouth Park with Fagedaboudit Sal, who won two other stakes races for Carvajal. In 2010-2011, Dabnabit won three stakes races for Carvajal and he picked up his first graded stakes victory in 2017 when Imperial Hint won the Grade 3 General George Stakes at Laurel Park.
Luis Carvajal Jr. went out on his own in 2006 after serving as an assistant to Bob Durso. Carvajal earned his first stakes win in 2007 when he won the Bernie Dowd Handicap at Monmouth Park with Fagedaboudit Sal, who won two other stakes races for Carvajal. In 2010-2011, Dabnabit won three stakes races for Carvajal and he picked up his first graded stakes victory in 2017 when Imperial Hint won the Grade 3 General George Stakes at Laurel Park.
Imperial Hint punched his ticket to the 2017 TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint when he won the Grade 3 Smile Sprint Stakes. He followed with a victory in the Donald LeVine Memorial Stakes at Parx Racing, where he blitzed through three-quarters of a mile in 1:07.55. Imperial Hint finished second in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Sprint.
In 2018 Imperial Hint won a pair of Grade 1 races for Carvajal, capturing the Alfred G. Vanderbilt at Saratoga and the Vosburgh at Belmont Park to earn another start in the 2018 TwinSpires Breeders' Cup Sprint.
