Jesus Lopez Castanon (born ''Jesús López Castañón'', March 4, 1973 in

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) is a Mexican

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who won the 2011

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. The son of a

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, two brothers were also jockeys in Mexico. Father of four children. He is married to former jockey Rolanda Simpson. Castanon got his first win at

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in 1989 and later that year in the United States, won the

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. Since then he has competed at racetracks across the United States as well as in Canada, winning more than 2,000 races.

2011 U.S. Triple Crown

On May 7, 2011, Jesus Castanon rode

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to a fourth-place finish in the

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, the first leg of the U.S. Triple Crown series. Two weeks later on May 21, aboard Shackleford he won the second leg of Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.ESPN – May 22, 2011
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