Edgar Prado Birthdate:  June 12, 1967 Birthplace:  Lima, Peru Residence:  Hollywood, Fla. Family: wife, Lilliana; daughter, Patricia; sons, Edgar Jr. and Luis. 2009 Gulfstream Record Mounts 1st 2nd 3rd Winning % Earnings 241 35 31 31 14  $1,737,705 Career:

• Passed 6,000 wins at Gulfstream last winter and was inducted in the Hall of Fame among his highlights in 2008
• He was in high demand ahead of the 2008 Kentucky Derby, winning three major prep races: the Lane's End with Adriano, the Wood Memorial with Tale of Ekati and the Blue Grass with Monba. He landed on Adriano in Louisville and finished 19th of 20 
• He won two races on the 2008 Sunshine Millions card, aboard American County in the Oaks and Benny the Bull in the Sprint. He teamed with Benny the Bull to win the Golden Shaheen in Dubai on the World Cup undercard. He also rode Diamond Stripes to win the Godolphin Mile on that same program, both for trainer Rick Dutrow
• Rode leading 2-year-old championship contender Vinyard Haven to win the Champagne Stakes 
• He won the Eclipse Award in 2006 largely because of his performances on star-crossed Florida Derby and Kentucky Derby champion Barbaro 
• He was credited with helping that colt survive the ankle fracture he suffered early in the Preakness Stakes by quickly pulling him up  
• His victory in the 2006 Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic aboard Round Pond (his third Breeders’ Cup victory), coincidentally for Barbaro’s trainer, Michael Matz, also led to Prado’s Eclipse Award
• He won his second consecutive (and third career) Florida Derby aboard Scat Daddy in 2007 
• Captured his 5,000th career win at Gulfstream in 2004 in the Swale Stakes aboard Wynn Dot Comma and 1,000 wins later, scored at Gulfstream on Sumphin last year
• He has won two Belmont Stakes, both in upsets, with Birdstone over Smarty Jones in 2004 and aboard Sarava in 2002, which paid a record $142.50
• Led nation in wins three straight years (1997 - 1999) while riding primarily in Maryland, and became the only rider ever to win 400 races in three consecutive years. Moved tack to New York-Florida circuit and captured his first NYRA riding title at Belmont in Fall, 2000. He also topped Saratoga standings in 2002 
• Captured Gulfstream’s two most prestigious races in 2002 when taking the Florida Derby with Harlan’s Holiday and the Donn Handicap with Mongoose.

Other: Took out license in native Peru in 1983 and became leading apprentice there before coming to the U.S. in 1986 as contract rider for trainer Manuel Azpurua He has three sisters and eight brothers, two of whom are jockeys ...His father is a trainer in Peru ... Edgar captured first American victory on Single Love at Calder on June 1, 1986, then moved his tack to New England and then Maryland, where he remained for more than 10 years before relocating to New York for trainer John Kimmel when Richard Migliore was injured ... Won Young Jockeys World Championship at Japan’s Nakayama Race Course in March 1994.