Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Turf (1993) Breeders' Cup Sprint (1995, 2017) Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (2007) Breeders' Cup Distaff (2010) Breeders' Cup Juvenile (2014)
Outstanding Apprentice Jockey (1987) Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey (1989, 1992) United States Champion Jockey by wins (1987, 1988, 1989) United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1992) George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1993) JRA Award for Best Jockey (winning average) (2001)
Honours
United States' Racing Hall of Fame (2004)
Significant horses
Best Pal, Big Brown, Exaggerator, Free House, Fusaichi Pegasus, Kotashaan, Real Quiet, Summer Bird, Sweetnorthernsaint, Unrivaled Belle
Kent Jason Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year with 598 wins in 1989. He has won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes three times each, and the Belmont Stakes once. Aboard Real Quiet, he lost the 1998 Triple Crown by a nose.
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Kent Jason Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won...
trainer KentDesormeaux (born 1970), American jockey, brother of Keith Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin (born 1981), French Canadian actress Michael Desormeaux (born...
2016 Exaggerator KentDesormeaux J. Keith Desormeaux Big Chief Racing, Head Of Plains Partners, Rocker O Ranch & J. Keith Desormeaux 1+3⁄16 1:58.31 $1...
first jockey in history to win 500 races in a single year.[2] In 1989, KentDesormeaux set the current record for wins in a single calendar year with 598...
for having produced a number of top jockeys, such as Randy Romero, KentDesormeaux, Eddie Delahoussaye and Shane Sellers. Borel began racing horses in...
Michael John Desormeaux (born September 29, 1985) is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at the University...
struggling with jockey KentDesormeaux to go faster. When Desormeaux finally asked for his run, Exaggerator had no response. Desormeaux said, "I nursed him...
Pat Day Michael Dee Eddie Delahoussaye Cristian Demuro Mirco Demuro KentDesormeaux Frankie Dettori Mick Dittman Guy Disney Ramon Domínguez Steve Donoghue...
three-year-olds competing, in 1998 Real Quiet was ridden to victory by jockey KentDesormeaux in the Kentucky Derby. His Beyer Speed Figure recorded in the Hollywood...
hall of fame jockey Jake Delhomme (born 1975), former NFL quarterback KentDesormeaux (born 1970), hall of fame jockey Shane Dronett (1971-2009), professional...
in attendance. The winning horse Fusaichi Pegasus, ridden by jockey KentDesormeaux, was the first betting favorite to win the Derby since Spectacular...
more interest in horse racing after interviewing Hall of Fame jockey KentDesormeaux many times on his radio talk show. Rome thereafter took up a stronger...
Smith William Mott WinStar Farm LLC Fast 2:31.57 2009 Summer Bird KentDesormeaux Tim Ice Kalarikkal & Vilasini Jayaraman Fast 2:27.54 2008 Da'Tara Alan...
jockeys Bill Shoemaker (1953, 1970), Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1968), and KentDesormeaux (1992). On March 30, 2013 Rosario won what was then the world's richest...
Exaggerator was trained by J. Keith Desormeaux. His regular jockey was his trainer's younger brother, KentDesormeaux. Exaggerator began his racing career...
Warren Stute Thomas & Thomas Racing 1:08.83 2000 Show Me The Stage 4 KentDesormeaux Eric Guillot Cain, Guillot & LeBlanc 1:08.54 1999 Enjoy the Moment...
Time (1970, 1971) 2 - Astra (2000, 2002) Most wins by a jockey: 7 - KentDesormeaux (1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2018) Most wins by a trainer:...
Starlight Racing Et Al 1-1/4 m 2:03.49 $242,000 G1 2023 Stilleto Boy 5 KentDesormeaux Ed Moger Jr. Steve Moger 1-1/4 m 2:01.96 $300,000 G1 2022 Express Train...
Farms (1992, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2014) Most wins by a jockey: 4 – KentDesormeaux (1991, 1992, 1994, 1998) Most wins by a trainer: 5 – Robert J. Frankel...
bumped Megahertz in the stretch drive, and then the whip of jockey KentDesormeaux hit Megahertz twice in the face, making Megahertz end the race a half-length...
Albarado Ronald Ardoin Calvin Borel Ray Broussard Eddie Delahoussaye KentDesormeaux Laverne Fator Mark Fator Eric Guerin Mark Guidry Craig Perret Red Pollard...
siblings have won the same Triple Crown race in three consecutive years. KentDesormeaux, the regular jockey for both Big Brown and Casino Drive, rode Big Brown...
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