Julien Leparoux

Julien Leparoux
Leparoux on Tepin in 2016
OccupationJockey
Born (1983-07-15) July 15, 1983 (age 41)
Senlis, Oise, France
Career wins3,000 (As of November 28, 2024) (ongoing)[1]
Major racing wins

Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (2007)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf (2008)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2009)
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (2009)
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (2009)
Breeders' Cup Mile (2015)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2016)

International wins:
Woodbine Mile (2011, 2016)
Queen Anne Stakes (2016)
Queen's Plate (2016)
Racing awards
United States Champion Jockey by wins (2006)
United States Champion Apprentice Jockey (2006)
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey (2009)
Significant horses
Classic Empire, Nownownow, Einstein, Forever Together, She Be Wild, Informed Decision, Tepin

Julien R. Leparoux (born July 15, 1983 in Senlis, Oise, France) is a French Eclipse Award winning jockey currently racing in the United States. He has won seven Breeders' Cup races, including the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile with Champion Turf Mare Tepin and the 2016 Breeders' Cup Juvenile with Classic Empire.

Background

Leparoux grew up in a racing family, the son of Robert Leparoux, a jockey turned assistant trainer. He worked at the Chantilly Racecourse as a stable hand and in January 2003 emigrated to California to work as an exercise rider for fellow Frenchman, trainer Patrick Biancone. In 2005, he became an apprentice jockey.[2]

Leparoux is known as a finesse rider. "I just try not to fight so much with my horses," he said in a 2012 interview. "I try to be gentle around their mouths."[3]

Family

In December 2012, Julien married Shea Mitchell who, like Julien, is the child of a racehorse trainer.[2] During one of the races that Shea attended, Julien fell off and broke his hand. Later that week, Shea tweeted at Julien a simple "I hope you're ok". Not long after, they got married. Shea tweeted a picture of Julien and her father with the caption "2007, when Julien rode On the Acorn for dad. He probably never guessed he was looking @ his future son in law".[4] On September 24, 2015, their first son, Mitchell Leparoux, was born.[2] At only 4 days old, Mitchell was out at Keeneland watching his dad warm up horses in the early morning and racing during the day![5]

Racing career

Leparoux embarked on his professional riding career in the summer of 2005 at Saratoga Race Course where he earned his first win on July 26 on Easter Guardian.[2] He finished the Saratoga meet with 28 wins, the most in track history by an apprentice. In 2006 he was also the leading winning jockey during the Turfway Park winter/spring meet, Churchill Downs spring/summer meet, and Keeneland Race Course spring meet (where he tied with Rafael Bejarano).[6]

For 2006, Julien Leparoux won 403 races to lead all jockeys in the United States. His total wins and earnings of $12,491,316 for the year were the most by an apprentice jockey in racing history. He was voted the 2006 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey.[7] He was also the subject of the Eclipse Award-winning photograph, which showed him being unseated when the filly Sanibel Storm ducked into the rail in the stretch at Keeneland. Leparoux somersaulted over her head and landed in the infield: both he and the filly were unhurt.[8]

Leparoux "lost the bug" in September 2006, referring to the five-pound weight allowance an apprentice (bug) jockey is given.[7] Despite this, Leparoux continued winning riding titles, including Turfway's winter/spring meet, Keeneland's spring meet and Churchill Downs' spring/summer meet. On June 27, 2007, Leparoux became only the fifth jockey in the 133-year history of Churchill Downs to ride six winners on a single card.[9]

On November 11, 2008 he rode seven winners on a single racecard at Churchill Downs, tying a twenty-four-year-old record set by Pat Day on June 20, 1984.[10]

Julien Leparoux at the 2009 Breeders' Cup

Leparoux had a career best year in 2009, capped by wins in the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile on Furthest Land, the Filly & Mare Sprint on Informed Decision and the Juvenile Fillies on She Be Wild.[2] He won the Shoemaker Award as the winningest jockey at the 2009 Breeders' Cup, being only the 2nd jockey in history to win three Breeders' Cup races in a single year, following Garrett Gomez. He led the North American earnings list and received the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 2009. He was only the fourth jockey to win Eclipse Awards as both an apprentice and journeyman.[3][11]

In 2012, Leparoux decided to switch from the Kentucky circuit (Churchill Downs, Keeneland and Turfway Park) to New York, then moved to California to be closer to his then-fiancée's family. At the end of 2013, now married, he moved back to Kentucky. "I wanted to come back here for my career, the same routine I was used to," explained Leparoux. "I'm still young where I want to be at the top and ride a lot of races and try to win as much as I can... And we want to start a family, and I think Kentucky is a great place. It requires a lot of moving around for a family, but a lot of jockeys do it."[12]

Leparoux had one of his best chances to win the Kentucky Derby in 2012 with the talented colt Union Rags but could only finish seventh after a troubled trip. Leparoux told the horse's trainer that he had heard a pop (indicative of a possible injury) with three-eighths of a mile remaining in the race, but no problem was found the day after. The trainer called the race a disaster[13] and replaced Leparoux for the Belmont Stakes with John Velazquez. Union Rags won the Belmont but never raced again due to an injury to his suspensory ligament.[14]

The highlights of 2016 included several notable wins on Tepin, including the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. Leparoux was also invited to ride Sir Dudley Digges in Canada's most prestigious event, the Queen's Plate at Woodbine racetrack on July 3. He rode in 11 races at Churchill Downs the day before the race, then flew to Toronto with only a few hours of sleep and won at odds of 16-1.[15] Leparoux rode Classic Empire to victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.[1]

Keeneland statistics

Leparoux on Classic Empire (left) in the 2017 Preakness Stakes

Leparoux is a regular rider at the Keeneland spring and fall race meetings and has achieved a number of milestones at the track. As of April 2016, he has:[2]

  • Tied for fourth by stakes wins (52) and fifth by total wins (403).
  • Won the leading rider title 10 times.
  • Won the 2015 Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) on Tepin on Oct. 31.
  • Won six races on a 10-race card on April 20, 2012, tying Craig Perret and Randy Romero for the most wins on a single card.

Year-end charts

North American Rank[1]
Year by wins by earnings
2006 1 8
2007 12 10
2008 29 11
2009 13 3
2010 39 7
2011 11 6
2012 39 7
2013 65 16
2014 64 23
2015 59 12
2016 38 7
2017 58 9
2018 21
2019 17
2020 23
2021 27

References

  1. ^ a b c "Julien Leparoux Statistics". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Julien Leparoux | Keeneland Biography". www.keeneland.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ a b Finley, Bill (28 April 2012). "Jockey Julien Leparoux Prepares for Biggest Tests". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Shea Leparoux on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  5. ^ "Shea Leparoux on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-12-07.
  6. ^ Novak, Claire. "Apprentice Leparoux Wins Churchill Riding Title". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  7. ^ a b Hovdey, Jay. "Leparoux, Talamo remain stars well past apprentice Eclipse Award days". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Goins wins Media Eclipse Award for Photography - Handicappers' Edge". www.brisnet.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  9. ^ Novak, Claire. "Leparoux Rides Six Winners at Churchill". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  10. ^ Associated Press (12 November 2008). "Julien Leparoux ties Churchill Downs record with seven wins". ESPN. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Champion Jockey: Julien Leparoux". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  12. ^ Rees, Jennie (27 November 2013). "Q&A: Julien Leparoux on being back at Churchill Downs". Courier-Journal. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  13. ^ Welsch, Mike. "Kentucky Derby 2012: Matz calls Union Rags's race a disaster". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  14. ^ "Union Rags officially retired, will stand at stud in 2013". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Sir Dudley Digges shocks with Queen's Plate victory". The Toronto Star. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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