Jorge A. Vargas, Jr.
$2,055,742
2026 earnings
20%
2026 wins
$43,804,924
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2026 Stats
Career Stats
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47
Firsts
1,082
36
Seconds
993
34
Thirds
955
121
Unplaced
4,242
238
Starts
7,272
$2,055,742
Earnings
$43,804,924
$8,638
Earnings / Start
$6,024
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Bio
Jockey Jorge Vargas Jr. won aboard his very first mount in 2013 and over the next 13 years enjoyed success riding primarily in the Mid-Atlantic circuit including Monmouth Park in New Jersey. The graduate of Escuela Vocacional Hipica’s jockey school at El Camarero Racetrack in his native Puerto Rico won his first graded stakes at Arlington Park in Chicago in 2017 when Postulation took the American St. Leger Stakes. Other graded stakes wins include the 2019 New Kent County Virginia Derby with English Bee and the 2023 Gazelle Stakes with Promiseher America.
Jockey Jorge Vargas Jr. won aboard his very first mount in 2013 and over the next 13 years enjoyed success riding primarily in the Mid-Atlantic circuit including Monmouth Park in New Jersey. The graduate of Escuela Vocacional Hipica’s jockey school at El Camarero Racetrack in his native Puerto Rico won his first graded stakes at Arlington Park in Chicago in 2017 when Postulation took the American St. Leger Stakes. Other graded stakes wins include the 2019 New Kent County Virginia Derby with English Bee and the 2023 Gazelle Stakes with Promiseher America.
Vargas tallied career win 1,000 in 2025 and a year later scored a breakthrough Grade 1 victory when Baby Vino upset the NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes at Monmouth.
