Colby J. Hernandez
$607,219
2025 earnings
9%
2025 wins
$59,961,318
lifetime earnings
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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13
Firsts
2,486
14
Seconds
2,135
19
Thirds
2,067
94
Unplaced
8,785
140
Starts
15,473
$607,219
Earnings
$59,961,318
$4,337
Earnings / Start
$3,875
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Bio
Colby Hernandez took out his jockey's license in 2006 and reached the 1,500-win plateau in 2015. He ranked third among North American jockeys by wins in 2015 with 302, which marked a new career high.
Hernandez, who has won at least 100 races in every season since 2007, earned his first career stakes victory in 2008 aboard Mt. Ree Tah. He won the 2015 Jean Lafitte Stakes in 2015 aboard Forevamo.
Colby Hernandez took out his jockey's license in 2006 and reached the 1,500-win plateau in 2015. He ranked third among North American jockeys by wins in 2015 with 302, which marked a new career high.
Hernandez, who has won at least 100 races in every season since 2007, earned his first career stakes victory in 2008 aboard Mt. Ree Tah. He won the 2015 Jean Lafitte Stakes in 2015 aboard Forevamo.
Hernandez, who is the younger brother of jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., won his 2,000th career race at Fair Grounds in February 2019. He began riding more in Kentucky during 2020 and 2021 with mounts at Keeneland and Churchill Downs, where Brian is based.
On June 3, 2021, Hernandez earned his first graded stakes win piloting Change of Control to victory in the Grade 3 Intercontinental Stakes at Belmont Park.
