Edgar Prado Birthdate:  June 12, 1967 Birthplace:  Lima, Peru Residence:  Hollywood, Fla. Family: wife, Lilliana; daughter, Patricia; sons, Edgar Jr. and Luis. 2007 Gulfstream Record Mounts 1st 2nd 3rd Winning % Earnings 335 63 44 36 19  $2,945,945 Career:

• Won his first 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. He was a regular visitor in the ensuing months before Barbaro finally succumbed to laminitis in January 2007.

• His victory in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff 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. It was one of 10 stakes wins at Gulfstream last year. He finished second in the overall standings by wins and led the colony in earnings.

• He received the 2006 Mike Venezia Award from the New York Racing Association and 2006 ESPY from ESPN voters.

• Captured his 5,000th career win at Gulfstream in 2004 in the Swale Stakes aboard Wynn Dot Comma.

• He broke his ankle last September and missed the major fall races and the Breeders’ Cup.

• 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.

• Won NTRA All-Star Jockey Championship in both 2000 and 2003. Captured Gulfstream’s two most prestigious races in 2002 when taking the Florida Derby with Harlan’s Holiday and the Donn Handicap with Mongoose.

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  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.