Fernando Jara (born December 18, 1987, in
Panama
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) is a
thoroughbred horse racing
Thoroughbred racing is a sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in ...
jockey in the
United States
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. Aboard
Jazil
Jazil (February 11, 2003 – October 11, 2014) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.
In 2006, Jazil dead-heated for fourth place in the Kentucky Derby but then won the Belmont Stakes, the final leg of the Triple Crown.
Connections
Ja ...
he won the
2006 Belmont Stakes. In addition, he was the primary North American rider of 2006
American Horse of the Year Invasor, and rode him to victory in the 2006
Breeders' Cup Classic
The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade I Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds and older run at a distance of on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack as part of the Breeders' Cup World Championships in late October ...
, 2007
Donn Handicap
The Donn Handicap was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually from 1959 through 2016 at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. A race for horses age four and older, it was contested on turf from inception through 1964 at a distan ...
and 2007
Dubai World Cup
The Dubai World Cup (Arabic: كأس دبي العالمي) is a Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1996 and contested at the Meydan Racecourse (Arabic: ميدان) which in Arabic suggests a place wh ...
.
References
Fernando Jara at the NTRA
Year-end charts
1987 births
Living people
American jockeys
Panamanian jockeys
Panamanian emigrants to the United States
People from Herrera Province
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