J. D. Acosta

$302,801

2021 earnings

15%

2021 wins

$70,611,190

lifetime earnings

racing Record

2021 Stats

Career Stats

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11 Firsts 3,374

9 Seconds 3,113

11 Thirds 2,908

43 Unplaced 12,124

74 Starts 21,519

$302,801 Earnings $70,611,190

$4,092 Earnings / Start $3,281

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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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