Heberto Castillo Jr. Explained

Heberto Castillo Jr.
Occupation:	Jockey
Birth Place:	Panama City, Panama
Birth Date:	21 July 1969
Career Wins:	2,113 (ongoing)
Race:	Desert Vixen Stakes (1987) Miami Mile Handicap (1989) Carry Back Stakes (1990, 1994) Fred W. Hooper Handicap (1990) Memorial Day Handicap (1990) Pan American Stakes (1990) Bahamas Stakes (1991, 1992) Frank Gomez Memorial Stakes (1991) Everglades Stakes (1992) Donn Handicap (1993, 1994) Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Handicap (1993) Affectionately Handicap (1996, 2000) Black Helen Handicap (1998) Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap (1988) Distaff Handicap (1999) First Flight Handicap (1999, 2003) Matron Stakes (1999) Red Bank Stakes (1999) Ladies Handicap (1999, 2000) Metropolitan Handicap (2000) Excelsior Handicap (2000) Glens Falls Handicap (2000) Maryland Million Distaff Handicap (2000) Withers Stakes (2000) Hollie Hughes Handicap (2002) Top Flight Handicap (2003) Safely Kept Stakes (2003) Fred "Cappy" Capossela Stakes (2004) Endeavour Stakes (2005)
Awards:	Leading rider Calder Race Course (1990)
Horses:	Pistols and Roses, Yagli

Heberto Castillo Jr. (born July 21, 1969 in Panama City, Panama) is a retired jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He was born into a family involved in the sport. His father was a jockey and his mother Gloria was a horse trainer in Florida.^[1] His sister, Rita, married jockey José Santos in 1997.^[2]

In 1986, Castillo rode in his first race at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana and four years later won the riding title at Florida's Calder Race Course. Among his major career wins were two Donn Handicaps in 1993 and 1994,^{[3] [4]} the 1998 Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap,^[5] and the 2000 Metropolitan Handicap.^[6]

Castillo retired in 2006.

External links

• The 1994 Donn Handicap video at YouTube.com
• Photo of Heberto Castillo Jr. at Flicker.com

Year-end charts

Chart (2000–2001)	Peak position
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2000	49
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2001	96

Notes and References

1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-13-sp-3653-story.html Scream Machine Rates as Longshot, but His Jockey Is Quite a Favorite
2. Web site: Jose Santos at About.com, part of The New York Times Company . 2011-01-31 . 2011-07-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075212/http://horseracing.about.com/od/jockeys/p/aasantosprofile.htm . dead .
3. https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00617F9395A0C728EDDAB0894DB494D81 Scream Machine Rates as Longshot, but His Jockey Is Quite a Favorite
4. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/86320137.html?dids=86320137:86320137&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+06%2C+1994&author=CHRIS+LAZZARINO+Staff+Writer&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=DONN+COMES+UP+%60ROSES'+AGAIN+'93+CHAMP+GIVES+ENCORE+IN+'94+RACE&pqatl=google DONN COMES UP `ROSES' AGAIN '93 CHAMP GIVES ENCORE IN '94 RACE
5. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PBPB&p_theme=pbpb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF40427B2857F5&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM YAGLI WINS HIALEAH TURF CUP IN CASTILLO'S FAREWELL RIDE
6. https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/30/sports/horse-racing-yankee-victor-puts-up-a-star-with-easy-victory-in-met-mile.html The 2000 Metropolitan Handicap results at New York Times, May 30, 2000