J. D. Acosta
$475,359
2025 earnings
12%
2025 wins
$81,705,142
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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24
Firsts
3,695
24
Seconds
3,444
27
Thirds
3,304
129
Unplaced
13,925
204
Starts
24,368
$475,359
Earnings
$81,705,142
$2,330
Earnings / Start
$3,353
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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.
