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Luis A. Gonzalez
Luis A. Gonzalez
Born: January 9, 1967
Birthplace: Panama City, Panama
Residence: Tampa
Family: Wife, daughters
First Win: Sinbad, 1984, Panama
Started Riding: 1984, Panama
Circuit: TampaBayDowns, Thistledown Race Course
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Luis A. Gonzalez Tampa Stakes Wins
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Year
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Race
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Winner
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Trainer
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Owner
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2009
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Pasco
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Musket Man
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Derek Ryan
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Eric Fein and Vic Carlson
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2008
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Challenger Stakes
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Wayzata
Bay
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Judi Hicklin
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World Thoroughbreds Racing
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2007
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Lightning
City
Stakes
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Bucky’s Prayer
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Gerald Bennett
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Winning Stables
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2007
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Chris Thomas Turf Classic
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Therecomesatiger
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Thomas Proctor
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Charles Patton
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2006
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Sandpiper Stakes
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Special Cheers
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James Little
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Frank S. Coniglio
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Year
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Starts
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Earnings
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W rank
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W %
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ITM %
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2008-2009 meet
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420
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47
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50
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44
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$615,505
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5th
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11.2
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33.6
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2007-2008 meet
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498
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57
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65
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74
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$822,497
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5th
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11.4
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39.6
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2006-2007 meet
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581
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88
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75
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83
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$1,190,253
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2nd
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15.1
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42.3
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Gonzalez came to the United States in 1984 from Panama. In 2004, Gonzalez received the inaugural Michael F. Rowland award at Turfway Park, which honors the jockey who best exemplifies Rowland’s work ethic, professionalism, and perseverance. In 1999, Gonzalez was the second leading stakes rider at Tampa Bay Downs for that racing season. Gonzalez spends the summer months at Thistledown Race Course in Cleveland, Ohio, where he earned six jockey titles and ended the 2007 Thistledown season as the leading rider. Gonzalez began riding at the age of seventeen in his native Panama, attracting the notice of Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr., who got him a job galloping horses. Gonzalez has other interests outside of race riding: he studied art at the Thomas Edison School in Panama for five and a half years, and still draws and paints recreationally. In the 2008-2009 meet, Gonzalez finished fifth in the jockey standings; his 47 wins included a victory in the Pasco Stakes. Gonzalez ended the Tampa season with $615,505 in purse money earned.
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