(1994-09-10) September 10, 1994 (age 29) Louisville, Kentucky
Career wins
804 (as of January 17, 2023)[1]
Major racing wins
Rodeo Drive Stakes (2015) Mother Goose Stakes (2015) Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (2015) Maker's 46 Mile Stakes (2016) Awesome Again Stakes (2017, 2020) Starlet Stakes (2017—2020) Malibu Stakes (2017) Cotillion Stakes (2017) Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity (2018) Triple Bend Stakes (2018) Del Mar Debutante Stakes (2019) Del Mar Oaks (2020) Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (2020)
Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (2018)
Racing awards
Del Mar Leading Jockey (2018) Summer (2018) Fall
Honors
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey (2014)
Significant horses
Authentic, Bast, City of Light, Improbable, It Tiz Well, Justify, Stormy Liberal, War of Will, West Coast
Drayden Van Dyke (born September 10, 1994, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a jockey in thoroughbred racing. At graded stakes races, Van Dyke has won 67 events ranging from Grade I to Grade III. Of these wins, Van Dyke has won both the Starlet Stakes and Yellow Ribbon Handicap four times. As a Breeders' Cup jockey, Van Dyke won the Turf Sprint event at the 2018 Breeders' Cup. He was also runner-up at the Breeders' Cup Mile event in 2018 and the Dirt Mile at the 2021 Breeders' Cup.
As a Triple Tiara and Triple Crown and racer, Van Dyke was second at the 2017 Alabama Stakes and fourth at the 2018 Kentucky Derby. He was voted the 2014 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, the highest national honor for an American apprentice rider.[2][3] In 2018, Van Dyke tied the record for most Del Mar races won in one day with Victor Espinoza. In his overall career, Van Dyke has won over 770 races and accumulated more than $49 million in prize winnings.
^"Drayden Van Dyke". Equibase Co, LLC. 2020-08-27. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
^"Racing! A look into the mind of Drayden Van Dyke". Los Angeles Times. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
^"Eclipse apprentice jockey Drayden Van Dyke wins G1 Mother Goose". The Courier-Journal. 2015-06-27. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
DraydenVanDyke (born September 10, 1994, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a jockey in thoroughbred racing. At graded stakes races, VanDyke has won 67 events...
Pletcher Calumet Farm 1+5⁄16 miles 2:15.51 $398,000 Listed 2017 Big Bend DraydenVanDyke Thomas Proctor Union Rags Racing 1+5⁄16 miles 2:11.57 $350,000 Listed...
(2007) Most wins by a jockey: 3 - Alex Solis (1991, 1996, 1999) 3 - DraydenVanDyke (2014, 2017, 2018) Most wins by a trainer: 4 - Bob Baffert (2003, 2004...
Owner Tommy Town Thoroughbreds LLC Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer Jockey DraydenVanDyke Record 10:5-2-2 Earnings $1,130,840 Major wins Cotillion Handicap (2017)...
Koriner Jay Em Ess Stable 56.15 $100,351 III 2018 Stormy Liberal DraydenVanDyke Peter L. Miller Rockingham Ranch & D. A. Bernsen 55.66 $88,400 Listed...
2018 True Royalty DraydenVanDyke John W. Sadler Batchelor Family Trust 1 mile 1:39.07 $101,725 III 2017 † Munny Spunt DraydenVanDyke Doug F. O'Neill...
Zedan Racing Stables 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.67 $301,500 I 2020 Improbable 4 DraydenVanDyke Bob Baffert WinStar Farm, China Horse Club & SF Racing 1+1⁄8 miles...
2011 : Kyle Frey 2012 : Jose Montano 2013 : Victor Carrasco 2014 : DraydenVanDyke 2015 : Tyler Gaffalione 2016 : Luis Ocasio 2017 : Evin A. Roman 2018 :...
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2019 Elysea's World (IRE) 6 DraydenVanDyke Richard Baltas Abbondanza Racing LLC, Christopher T. Dunn, Jerry McClanahan...
Magdalena Racing 1+1⁄8 miles 1:48.60 $600,000 III 2021 Like the King DraydenVanDyke Wesley A. Ward M. Racing Group 1+1⁄8 miles 1:50.22 $243,325 III 2020...
wins by a jockey: 4 – Corey Nakatani (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996) 4 – DraydenVanDyke (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Most wins by a trainer: 10 – Bob Baffert (1998...
Baffert WinStar Farm 1+1⁄4 miles 2:02.23 $301,000 I 2020 Improbable 4 DraydenVanDyke Bob Baffert WinStar Farm, China Horse Club & SF Racing 1+1⁄4 miles...
Stable & Todd Marshall 1 mile 1:33.13 $201,755 II 2018 Catapult 5 DraydenVanDyke John W. Sadler Woodford Racing 1 mile 1:33.40 $202,760 II 2017 Blackjackcat...
83 2019 Beau Recall 5 DraydenVanDyke Brad H. Cox Slam Dunk Racing & Medallion Racing 1:41.23 2018 Cambodia 6 DraydenVanDyke Thomas F. Proctor Winter...
2016 Journey Home DraydenVanDyke H. Graham Motion Sam-Son Farm 1 mile 1:38.24 $102,760 III 2015 Family Meeting DraydenVanDyke Thomas F. Proctor Glen...
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