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Rene Douglas
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Rene Douglas
Birthdate: March 3, 1967
Birthplace: Panama City, Panama
Residence: Miami, Fla.
Family: wife, Natalia; sons Michael, Giancarlo and Chris |
2007 Gulfstream Record
| Mounts |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Winning % |
Earnings |
| 165 |
19 |
19 |
20 |
12 |
$743,430 |
Career:
- Former titleholder at Hialeah and Calder has established himself as a leader in the Gulfstream colony.
- Has become a dominant force at Arlington Park this decade, winning the riding title there in 2007 with 129 wins including 12 stakes.
- Has also won a titles at Hollywood Park in 2004.
- Won the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2006 with Dreaming of Anna for one of his biggest career victories since winning the 1996 Belmont Stakes on Editor’s Note.
- Rode Christmas Kid to victory in the 2007 Davona Dale and later the Ashland at Keeneland.
- Other top mounts over the years include: Solvig, The Vid, Lismore Knight, Hibernian Rhapsody, Caltech, Kaiteur, Sharp Cat, Ballingarry, Bare Necessities, Tamweel and Light Jig.
- First winner was Betitio Che in Panama.
- After a year and a half of riding in Panama, he immigrated to the United States in 1983.
Other:
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Attended jockey school and followed his brothers and father, both owners and trainers, into racing ... he missed the latter part of 2005 when that brother died and when his father became ill with cancer. He died in 2006.
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