In 2019, his earnings rank was 10 th – he has improved it by 5 places this year. Tyler Gaffalione’s career earnings to date exceed $66 million, with 1400+ wins from over 8000 starts. He also placed second in the 2020 Breeder’s Cup Juvenile race atop Hot Rod Charlie. 1 wins in the Alabama Stakes, American Oaks, Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes, and the Pegasus World Cup Turf Invitational.
Gaffalione’s best career performance to date came in 2019 when he won the Preakness Stakes with War of Will. Like many top jockeys, he usually works on the New York and Florida tracks. He has over 200 wins each in five of his first six years in racing. Son a former jockey Steve Gaffalione, Tyler has made an excellent start to his career since 2015. Tyler Gaffalione – $14.98 millionĪt 26, he is one of US racing’s rising stars. Keeping this in mind, let’s take a quick look at the top 5 winningest jockeys in North American thoroughbred horse racing in 2020, and look at the big races where they earned a lot of that money: 5.
Don’t get confused if you see tens of millions of dollars in the annual winnings of a jockey – that is the amount his/her horses won – the jockeys take is usually around 10%. Highly successful jockeys at the top can easily earn over a million dollars a year. For jockeys placing second or third, the cut is 5% of the owner’s share. This is usually 10% of the owner’s share, which translates into 6% of the total purse (winning owners get 60% of the prize purse in most races). But once you ride into the top three, the equation changes drastically – now we are talking about a cut of the prize money. Jockeys who don’t get to ride winnings horses only take home the riding fees, which can be anywhere from $30 to $100. At the bottom rung, you may earn less than $20,000 a year, if you race regularly.
This is a tough and unforgiving career, especially in a year marked by a drastic decrease in race days. Every year, between 1200 -1500 licensed jockeys race at tracks across the United States.
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