updated birth_place |name awards race birth_date horses article_title occupation
july 15 , 2007 toronto , ontario , canada stewart elliott abc best jockey espy award -lrb- 2004 -rrb- avelino gomez memorial news award -lrb- 2010 -rrb- person of the week -lrb- 2004 -rrb- melaleuca -rrb- woodbine oaks -lrb- 2009 -rrb- turf monster handicap -lrb- 2013 arkansas -rrb- smarty jones stakes -lrb- parx racing -rrb- -lrb- 2013 derby -rrb- -lrb- 2004 -rrb- frank j. de francis stakes memorial dash -lrb- 2004 -rrb- maryland million classic -lrb- 2004 -lrb- -rrb- remsen stakes -lrb- 2004 -rrb- sorority stakes -lrb- 2004 1990 , 2005 -rrb- tempted stakes -lrb- 2004 -rrb- acorn stakes -rrb- -lrb- 2005 -rrb- fantasy stakes -lrb- 2005 , 2006 -rrb- demoiselle blue hen stakes -lrb- 2006 -rrb- azeri breeders ' cup stakes stakes -lrb- 2006 -rrb- essex handicap -lrb- 2006 -rrb- southwest -lrb- stakes -lrb- 2007 -rrb- affectionately handicap -lrb- 2008 -rrb- astoria 1999 stakes -lrb- 2008 -rrb- long branch stakes -lrb- 2008 -rrb- march 1 , 1965 smarty appeal jones , round pond , teuflesberg , milwaukee stewart elliott
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stewart elliott

stewart elliott -lrb- born march 1 , 1965 , in toronto , ontario , canada -rrb- is an american thoroughbred jockey .
elliott grew up in horse racing ; his father was a jockey for many years , his mother rode show horses and was a riding instructor , and his uncle owns a racing stable in canada .
at age seven , his family moved to race in hong kong , where they remained for six years before going to the united states .
stewart began riding professionally at age 16 , mainly at philadelphia park racetrack , a small racetrack in suburban philadelphia , pennsylvania .
he has been the racetrack 's most successful jockey for a number of years and for the past three seasons has been named pennsylvania 's top rider .
on may 13 , 2003 , he reached a prestigious milestone , riding his 3,000 th career winner .
on january 18 , 2009 , he won the 4,000 th race of his career at philadelphia park .
on may 1 , 2004 , elliott became the first jockey in twenty-five years to win the kentucky derby in his first appearance in the race .
his horse , smarty jones , became the first unbeaten derby winner since seattle slew in 1977 .
to add to his victory was elliott 's 10 % share of the almost $ 6 million in purse and bonuses that represented the largest payday for any jockey and horse in racing history .
two weeks later , elliott rode smarty jones to a record-breaking win in the second leg of the triple crown of thoroughbred racing , the preakness stakes .
in the belmont stakes , the third leg , elliott took smarty jones out early in the backstretch , and birdstone passed him late in the race .
some have criticized elliott 's ride , saying he `` pushed '' the horse too early in the race , but other experts have said : `` he was doing the only thing he could do to win the race . ''
during his breakthrough year in 2004 , he won 262 races out of 1,363 mounts with earnings of $ 14,533,061 .
in 2005 , he won 143 races out of 860 mounts with earnings of $ 5,393,661 .
on january 11 , 2008 , elliott rode four winners on one racecard at aqueduct racetrack .
on june 1 , 2010 , woodbine entertainment announced that elliott had been voted the avelino gomez memorial award for his contribution to the sport of thoroughbred racing .
