J. D. Acosta
$1,366,319
2023 earnings
8%
2023 wins
$79,978,378
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2023 Stats
Career Stats
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36
Firsts
3,627
50
Seconds
3,356
56
Thirds
3,180
293
Unplaced
13,449
435
Starts
23,612
$1,366,319
Earnings
$79,978,378
$3,141
Earnings / Start
$3,387
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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.
