JOCKEYS. Monmouth Park $3,627,146 Total $5,803,919 PEDRO COTTO JR.

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1 JOE BRAVO Born: September 10, 1971 Birthplace: Long Branch, NJ Monmouth County born and raised, Bravo began riding quarter horses in Texas at the age of 13. In 1987 he took out his professional rider s license and captured his first race the following year at Calder aboard Daffy Doc. Bravo is a third generation rider, following his father, George, into the jockey business. In 1991 Bravo became the first rider in New Jersey history to win titles at Garden State, Monmouth and the Meadowlands in a single year. In 1997 he registered his first Grade 1 win when he guided Formal Gold to victory in the Donn Handicap. In 200 Bravo won the biggest race of his career, piloting Lion Heart to victory in the $1 million Haskell Invitational. In 2007 he captured a record 13th riding title at Monmouth after riding stakes winners. In 2009, Bravo won 16 stakes at Monmouth, including graded events in the Eatontown and Salvator Mile. He also captured the Long Branch with the Kelly Breen-trained Atomic Rain and the John J. Reilly with fan-favorite Joey P. Bravo won six stakes events during the 2010 season at Monmouth Park while finishing third in the jockey standings $,639, $7,006,551 EDDIE CASTRO Born: April 10, 1985 Birthplace: Los Santos, Panama Residence: Pembroke Pines, FL Castro spent his first summer at Monmouth Park in 2006, finishing fourth in the overall standings after capturing stakes races including the Red Bank Stakes with Miesque s Approval. Later in the year he piloted that charge to win the Breeders Cup Mile. JOCKEYS Castro came to the U.S. from his native Panama in 2003, riding successfully in south Florida since his arrival. He was the leading rider at the 2003/200 Tropical-at-Calder meet and earned the Eclipse Award as outstanding apprentice in In 2005 Castro set a new record when he rode nine winners on the Calder card of June. In addition to winning the 2007 Meadowlands riding title, Castro won five Monmouth stakes that year, including the Molly Pitcher with Hystericalady. In 2008, he booted home 11 stakes winners at Monmouth, topped by Presious Passion in the United Nations. In 2009, he booted home 1 stakes winners at Monmouth, topped by Custom for Carlos in the Jersey Shore. Castro won nine stakes races at Monmouth Park in 2010, topped by Etched in the Grade 2 Monmouth Cup $3,627, $5,803,919 PEDRO COTTO JR. Born: June, 198 Birthplace: Puerto Rico Residence: Tampa Bay, FL Cotto has been riding the Monmouth, Meadowlands, Tampa Bay Downs circuit the past four seasons, enjoying success at all three tracks. He has been in the top 10 at Monmouth and the Meadowlands the past two years. He began riding in his native Puerto Rico in In , he rode Our Tune to four victories, including a win in the Numbered Account Stakes at Aqueduct. He finished in the top 10 at Monmouth and the Meadowlands during the seasons. Cotto took the Charles Hesse Handicap in 2009 atop Hermosillo. In 2010, Cotto guided Hop Skip and Away to victory in the Colts Neck $93, $1,320,913 CHRISTOPHER DeCARLO Born: December 29, 1968 Birthplace: Edison, NJ Residence: Monmouth Beach, NJ At the age of 17, DeCarlo won the 1986 Haskell aboard Wise Times. DeCarlo led all riders in Monmouth stakes wins in 2005, taking 1 events, including the Molly Pitcher and Long Branch. The following year he piloted Park Avenue Ball to three stakes wins, including the Iselin. He missed most of the 2008 racing season due to an injury suffered at Calder in late DeCarlo captured the Pegasus Stakes at the Big M atop Atoned in Despite missing most of 2009 due to injury due to injury, DeCarlo rode a pair of stakes winners at Monmouth, both for trainer Todd Pletcher. DeCarlo spent the winter in Saudi Arabia riding first call for King Aziz $717, $1,15,0 STEWART ELLIOTT Born: March 1, 1965 Birthplace: Toronto, Canada Elliott burst onto the national scene in 200 winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes aboard Smarty Jones and finishing fourth nationally in money earned. He holds the national record for most wins in a single meet when he piloted 381 winners at Suffolk Downs in Elliott returned to Monmouth Park in 2003, after spending several seasons at Philly Park. He was the second leading rider here in 1999 and 2005 and third in the standings in 200. Elliott captured stakes at Monmouth in 200 and seven more in He was the leading rider at the 200 Meadowlands meet. That year he captured nine stakes, including graded wins in the

2 Oceanport, Monmouth Oaks and Sapling. In 2008, among Elliott s seven stakes winners was Silent Valor, victor of the Grade 3 Sapling. In 2009, Elliott piloted a pair of stakes winners including Mary s Follies in the Grade 3 Boiling Springs $257,000 $5,093,198 PABLO FRAGOSO Born: June 2, 1982 Birthplace: Mexico Residence: Floral Park, NY Fragoso hails from a family of 10 brothers and three sisters. His first career win came aboard Acueducto on the NYRA circuit in Over the past two years, Fragoso has been the regular rider of Monmouth Park turf star Get Serious who won the Grade 3 Monmouth Stakes, Oceanport and Red Bank in $2,01,886 $2,665,71 JOSE LEZCANO Born: April 20, 1985 Birthplace: Panama Residence: Plantation, FL Lezcano attended the Laffit Pincay Jr. Jockey School in his native Panama before moving to the U.S. in January of 2003, getting his first winner shortly thereafter at Gulfstream. He spent his first season at Monmouth in 2005, finishing fifth in the overall standings. He came back the following year to finish second at Monmouth before going on to take the 2006 Meadowlands riding title. Lezcano enjoyed a banner season in 2008, winning riding titles at Monmouth and the Meadowlands and capturing the Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf atop Maram. Among his stakes winner at Monmouth in 2008 was Social Queen in the Grade 3 Eatontown. Lezcano won three stakes in 2010 including the Jersey Derby on Haskell Day $1,092,625 $9,277,682 CHUCK C. LOPEZ Born: August, 1960 Birthplace: Brooklyn, NY Residence: Morganville, NJ Lopez is the son of longtime Jersey rider Carlos Lopez Sr. He won his first race aboard Foolish Tracy at Keystone in Later that year, as an apprentice, he won the Meadowlands riding title. Lopez won his first graded stakes when Mr. Impatience captured the Lamplighter at Monmouth in 199. He won his first Monmouth Park riding title in In 2001, Lopez won the Grade 3 Oceanport atop Key Lory and went on to finish second in the overall standings. The following year he captured the Sapling Stakes with Valid Video. In 2003 Lopez piloted Gators N Bears to win the Jersey Shore and later that year captured his second Meadowlands riding title. Lopez rode La Reason to victory in the 200 Molly Pitcher. In 2006 he rode nine stakes winners at Monmouth and watched his son, Erick, become a third generation rider. In 2007 Lopez rode seven stakes winners at Monmouth, including Gottcha Gold in the Salvator and Iselin. That charge went on to finish second in the inaugural Breeders Cup Dirt Mile that fall at Monmouth with Lopez in the irons. Due to injury, Lopez missed most of the 2008 Monmouth meet, but returned to finish second in the overall Big M standings. In 2009, Lopez captured the Lady s Secret Stakes aboard Devil House $1,861,906 $3,35,526 PACO LOPEZ Born: October 13, 1985 Birthplace: Veracruz, Mexico Residence: Hollywood, FL Lopez began riding quarter horses in his native Mexico before coming to the United States at age 21. On July 13, 2007, Lopez won his first race at Calder Race Course en route to being leading rider of the Calder summer meet. Lopez made the Jersey Shore his summer and fall home for the first time in 2009 finishing seventh in the jockey standings at Monmouth Park before winning the jockey title at the Meadowlands. Lopez took Monmouth s Select Stakes in 2009 aboard Prince Joshua. In 2010, he won the riding title at Gulfstream Park. Later that year, Lopez won his first Monmouth Park riding title finishing with 113 wins. Lopez won five stakes in 2010 including the Grade 3 Matchmaker on Haskell Day $,98,213 $8,069,095

3 NAVIN MANGALEE CARLOS H. MARQUEZ JR. FELIX ORTIZ A graduate of the Trinidad and Tobago jockey school in 1999, Mangalee began his riding career in his native Trinidad at Santa Rosa Park where he was the champion apprentice in his first season of riding. That same year he captured the Guardian Gold Cup the only apprentice to accomplish that feat. In 200, Mangalee moved his tack to Emerald Downs, winning more than 0 races in his second season in Washington. In 2006, Mangalee shifted to the East Coast enjoying success at Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands, finishing eighth in the overall Big M standings. In 2007, Mangalee improved on his 2006 numbers, nearly doubling his year-end earnings. In 2009, Mangalee more than doubled his wins and nearly doubled his earnings from the 2008 Monmouth Park meet. The son of journeyman rider Carlos Marquez Sr., Marquez Jr. has been on the New Jersey scene, off and on, for the past 25 years. He was the leading apprentice at Monmouth Park in 1985 and was runner-up in the Meadowlands standings in 1991 and He has enjoyed success riding in Chicago, Florida, Delaware and New Jersey. Marquez once again returned to Monmouth Park in 2008, finishing fifth in the overall standings and winning nine stakes races, including the Grade 3 Red Bank with Buffalo Man. In 2009, Marquez, Jr. finished third in the Monmouth standings while piloting home six stakes winners. Marquez Jr. enjoyed another successful 2010 season at Monmouth Park, finishing fifth in the jockey standings and riding eight stakes winners. Ortiz attended the El Commandante Jockey School in his native Puerto Rico. In 1997 he was the leading rider at Garden State Park. The following year, at Garden State, he piloted Who Did It and Run to become the first filly to capture the Jersey Derby. In 1996 he rode multiple Grade 1 winner Awad in the Caesars International at Atlantic City Race Course, now the United Nations at Monmouth. Ortiz won a division of the 2000 New Jersey Futurity with Lyle Lovesit and captured the Open Mind Handicap atop Whoop s Ah Daisy in 200 at Monmouth. In 2008, he piloted Flirtatious Smile to a win in the New Jersey Breeders Handicap. Born: November 16, 1982 Birthplace: Trinidad Born: October 21, 1967 Birthplace: San Juan, PR Residence: Matawan, NJ $526,770 $786, $3,395,823 $,193,809 Born: April 28, 1971 Birthplace: Puerto Rico Residence: Union City, NJ $3,392 $38,911 LUIS RIVERA JR. Born: March 9, 1967 Birthplace: Rio Piedras, PR Residence: Tinton Falls, NJ In 1986, Rivera was the second leading apprentice in the nation with 158 wins. Formerly a New England rider, Rivera shifted his tack to the Garden State in the early 1990s. He once captured five races on a single card at Suffolk Downs. In 1997, at Hialeah, he won his 1,000th career race. That same year he took a pair of stakes at the Meadowlands: Rushing Man on a A Little Luck and World Appeal atop Silver Fox. In 200, Rivera won Monmouth s Wolf Hill Stakes with turf sprinter Rudirudy $9,710 $18,132

4 ELVIS TRUJILLO JOSE VELEZ JR. A graduate of the Laffit Pincay Jr. Jockey School in 2000, Trujillo rode in his native Panama as well as Mexico before moving to the U.S. in the fall of After riding successfully in Southern California, Chicago and Florida, Trujillo moved his tack north to Monmouth Park in In 2005 he captured his first graded stakes when he guided Flying Glitter to victory in the Grade 2 Monmouth Breeders Cup Oaks. Since then Trujillo has enjoyed great success, most notably with Maryfield, who he piloted to a victory in the 2007 Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Sprint. Despite arriving after the meet began and leaving early due to injury, Trujillo finished seventh in the overall Monmouth Park standings that year. In 2009, Trujillo was leading rider at Monmouth Park after riding stakes winners including Chirac in the Skip Away and Iselin and Presious Passion in the Monmouth Stakes and United Nations. Trujillo finished second in the standings and captured seven stakes races at Monmouth Park in Velez began his riding career at Atlantic City Race Course in 1980 and won his first career race later that year at the Meadowlands. He is the son of jockey Jose Velez Sr. He was the leading apprentice at Hialeah Park in 1982, leading rider at Gulfstream Park that year and top jockey at Calder in 1983 and Velez was inducted into the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame in In 1998, he won the Meadowlands riding title. Velez captured the 2000 Meadowlands Cup aboard North East Bound and led until the last jump with him in that year s Breeders Cup Mile. Velez rode Sei Me to a runner-up performance in the $6 million Dubai World Cup in That year he won 10 Monmouth stakes, including the Iselin with Cat s At Home and finished second in the overall Monmouth standings. In 2003, Velez won the Grade 1 United Nations aboard Balto Star and the Grade 3 Salvator Mile atop Vinemeister. He captured seven stakes at the 2005 Monmouth meet, including three graded events: Red Bank Handicap with American Freedom, Eatontown Handicap on Smart N Classy and Iselin Breeders Cup atop West Virginia. In 2006, Velez won his 3,000th career race after piloting Careless Glances to victory at Monmouth on Aug. 10. Born: October 7, 1983 Birthplace: Panama City, Panama Residence: Hollywood, FL Born: March 23, 1963 Birthplace: Santurce, PR Residence: Ft. Lauderdale, FL $,395,981 $7,695,26 SHANNON USKE Born: March 1, 1986 Birthplace: Manhattan, NY Residence: Freehold, NJ Uske won her first race as a professional jockey in 2003 at Calder Race Course for Hall of Fame trainer H. Allen Jerkens. In 2009, Uske piloted previouslywinless Two Notch Road to a 99-1 score in Monmouth Park s Continental Mile $352,828 $521, $399,910 $,389

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