The Avelino Gomez Memorial Award is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honour given annually to a jockey who is Canadian-born, Canadian-raised, or a regular in the country for more than five years, who has made significant contributions to the sport. The honour is named for the late Cuban-born Canadian and American Hall of Fame jockey Avelino Gomez who died in 1980 of complications from injuries sustained in a racing accident.
Avelino Gomez Memorial Award honourees receive a replica of the life-size statue of Gomez sculpted by Siggy Puchta that stands at Woodbine Racetrack.
In 2004, Francine Villeneuve became the first female recipient of the award.
and 23 Related for: Avelino Gomez Memorial Award information
AvelinoGomez (1928 – June 21, 1980) was a Cuban-born Hall of Fame jockey in American and Canadian thoroughbred horse racing. Born in Havana, Gomez began...
Hall of Fame. In 1984 he became the first ever recipient of the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward given annually to the jockey who is Canadian-born, Canadian-raised...
earned another Sovereign Award as his country's Outstanding Jockey. In 2001, he was voted the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward, an honour given to a jockey...
and his sheer determination. Sandy Hawley was voted the 1986 AvelinoGomezMemorialAward and that same year was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing...
announced the Husband would be the 30th winner of the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward. The award recognizes jockeys who are Canadian-born, Canadian-raised...
the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward for his contribution to the sport of Thoroughbred racing. In 2017 Stewart Elliott was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey...
voted the 1996 and 1997 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey in Canada. In 2011 he won the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward for his contributions to the sport...
horse race, the Queen's Plate, and the recipient of the 1992 AvelinoGomezMemorialAward. Robin Platts retired at age 51 in 2000 with 3,244 wins, including...
prestigious Canadian International Stakes Dos Ramos was voted the 2002 AvelinoGomezMemorialAward for his significant contribution to the sport of thoroughbred...
Thoroughbred racing, Eurico Rosa da Silva was the 2021 recipient of the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward. On December 1, 2020, Eurico Rosa da Silva's autobiography titled...
Thoroughbred horse racing, in 1993 Larry Attard was voted the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward. He retired after another injury-filled year in 1997 and in 2001...
having won the Sovereign Award as Canada's top jockey a record four times. In 1995 he was voted the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward in recognition of his significant...
Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2009. In June 2013, he won the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward for significant contributions to the sport of thoroughbred horse...
Canada AvelinoGomezMemorialAward United Kingdom Lester Award Champion Flat Jockey Award Champion Jump Jockey Award United States George Woolf Memorial Jockey...
when she became the first female winner of the prestigious AvelinoGomezMemorialAward. A year later she became the first woman to finish "in the money"...
1976, 1977, 1984, 1985) Leading jockey at Hialeah Park (2x) AvelinoGomezMemorialAward (1989) Honours Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1993) Significant...
inducted in the PEI Sports Hall of Fame and, in 1990, was awarded the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward, an honour given annually to a jockey in Canada who has...
is also trainer. In 2017 he became the 33rd recipient of the AvelinoGomezMemorialAward given to jockeys who have made significant contributions to Canadian...
Global Information