J. D. Acosta
$803,654
2023 earnings
11%
2023 wins
$79,415,713
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2023 Stats
Career Stats
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25
Firsts
3,616
26
Seconds
3,332
27
Thirds
3,151
154
Unplaced
13,310
232
Starts
23,409
$803,654
Earnings
$79,415,713
$3,464
Earnings / Start
$3,393
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Bio
Acosta took out his jockey's license in 2002 and earned his forst stakes victory later that year in the West Virginia Futurity. A native of Puerto Rico, Acosta won a career-best 322 races in 2008 and earned a career-best $6,019,153 that year.
In 2009, Acosta scored his first graded stakes win with No Advantage in the Grade 3 William Donald Schaefer Stakes at Laurel Park.
Acosta took out his jockey's license in 2002 and earned his forst stakes victory later that year in the West Virginia Futurity. A native of Puerto Rico, Acosta won a career-best 322 races in 2008 and earned a career-best $6,019,153 that year.
In 2009, Acosta scored his first graded stakes win with No Advantage in the Grade 3 William Donald Schaefer Stakes at Laurel Park.
Acosta earned his 2,500th career win aboard Haywired at Laurel on September 28, 2013. He guided Abiding Star to victory in the 2016 Parx Derby and picked up his first mount in the Preakness Stakes with him in May.
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