TORONTO, Ontario, CMC—Three jockeys with Caribbean ties have been chosen for the poll for the Canadian Horse Racing Corridor of Fame.
The lively duo of ace Barbadian reinsman Patrick Husbands and Trinidad & Tobago maestro Emile Ramsammy, in addition to retired T&T-born jockey Richard Dos Ramos, are into consideration by the 20-member election committee to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame this 12 months.
The Class of 2024’s members shall be introduced on Wednesday, April 24, and formally inducted throughout a ceremony on Wednesday, August 7.
Dos Ramos, 62, grew up in Malton, a neighborhood within the metropolis of Mississauga within the province of Ontario after his household emigrated from T&T when he was younger.
When he retired 11 years in the past, he was the senior member of the jockeys’ colony when it comes to years of service at Canada’s important racetrack, Woodbine.
Dos Ramos began his driving profession within the spring of 1981 on the decommissioned Greenwood Raceway. That very same 12 months, he claimed the jockeys’ title on the autumn meet there and at Woodbine and was named prime apprentice jockey for the primary of two consecutive years.
Throughout the next decade, two of his best driving accomplishments got here for Corridor of Fame proprietor Steve Stavro and his Corridor of Famer coach Phil England.
Dos Ramos steered Benburb to an enormous upset win over A.P. Indy within the Molson Export Million in 1992, in addition to a shocking upset within the Prince of Wales, beating Alydeed, and he guided long-shot Thornfield to victory within the CAN $1.5 million Grade 1 Canadian Worldwide Stakes seven years later.
Dos Ramos was honored with the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award 22 years in the past earlier than profitable the Canadian Oaks with Ginger Gold.
The award is a Canadian thoroughbred racing honour given yearly to a jockey who has made vital contributions to the game and is Canadian-born, Canadian-raised, or has been an everyday within the nation for greater than 5 years.
It’s named for the late Cuba-born Canadian and American Corridor of Fame jockey Avelion Gomez, who died in 1980 of issues from accidents sustained in a racing accident.
Dos Ramos gained 2 159 races, took 2 242 seconds, took 2 206 thirds, and earned practically CAN $61 million in purse earnings from 18 645 races throughout his driving profession.
Husbands has grow to be one of the crucial widespread and productive jockeys in Canadian historical past throughout his 30-plus years driving at Woodbine.
Earlier than emigrating to Canada in 1994, the 50-year-old had already loved appreciable success on the Garrison Savannah in Bridgetown as a champion rider and the youngest jockey to win the celebrated Barbados Gold Cup.
His preliminary reputation in Canada got here among the many Barbadian expatriate neighborhood, however he shortly grew to common acceptance with every passing race victory and ensuing championship season.
Between 1999 and 2014, he gained eight Sovereign Awards as Canada’s champion jockey and obtained the Avelino Gomez award for ten years.
Some of the notable achievements for Husbands throughout his spell in Canada got here 21 years in the past together with his knowledgeable dealing with of Triple Crown winner and Corridor of Fame inductee Wando for Corridor of Fame owner-trainer mixture of the late Gustav Schickendanz and Mike Keogh.
Husband has maintained lofty requirements all through his spectacular profession, profitable 3 630 occasions and incomes practically U.S. $180 million in purses.
Ramsammy, 61, started his profession as a jockey on the decommissioned Queen’s Park Savannah 44 years in the past, and he had greater than 500 wins within the Caribbean earlier than he began driving in Canada in 1990.
He was Barbados champion jockey in 1986 and 1989 and gained the Barbados Gold Cup thrice—aboard Frisky Whark in 1985, Stangrave Park in 1987, and Name to Account the next 12 months.
Ramsammy was awarded the Sovereign Award in Canada as an impressive jockey in 1996 and 1997, and he obtained the Avelino Gomez Award 13 years in the past.
Ramsammy has gained a number of vital graded stakes races in Canada, together with twice profitable the Queen’s Plate, the nation’s most prestigious race, with Victor Cooley in 1996 and Edenwold in 2006.
Ramsammy has racked up 2 279 wins, 2 281 seconds, 2 240 thirds, and greater than CAN $89 million in purse earnings from 18 645 races throughout his driving profession.
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