Richard Migliore
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Richard Migliore | |
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Occupation | Jockey, Sports analyst |
Born | Babylon, New York, United States | March 14, 1964
Career wins | 4,450 |
Major racing wins | |
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Breeders Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (2008) | |
Racing awards | |
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey (1981) Eddie Arcaro Award from the New York Turf Writers Association Mike Venezia Memorial Award (2003) George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (2008) | |
Significant horses | |
Hidden Lake, Funny Cide, Artie Schiller, Fourstardave, Albert the Great, Kip Deville, Wando, Friends Lake, Say Florida Sandy. Student Council, Desert Code |
Richard Migliore (born March 14, 1964, in
Early life
Migliore grew up in
Riding career
Trainer Stephen A. DiMauro gave him his first job at a track and taught how to ride a race horse.
His first mount was on September 29, 1980, and his first win was less than a month later aboard Good Grip at Meadowlands Racetrack. In 1981, Migliore won the Eclipse Award as the leading apprentice jockey at the age of 17.
On May 30, 1988, Migliore suffered a near-fatal neck injury when he was thrown from Madam Alydar at Belmont Park. The accident was featured on the television series Rescue 911 on March 24, 1992, on CBS. In July 1999, he seriously fractured his right arm in another spill at Belmont and was out of the races for six months.
Two days before the Breeders' Cup run at Lone Star Park in Texas, his horse, Paulina, fell on him. He rode in the Sprint anyway, mounted on Bwana Charlie, and in the Mile on Artie Schiller. As he said, "My desire superseded my logic." Later he found he had a broken wrist, broken ribs and a broken pelvis. Sidelined for two months, he took up yoga, which he grew to love. As he says, "It even keeps my weight down."
Migliore was the recipient of the Eddie Arcaro Award from the New York Turf Writers Association as outstanding jockey in 1981 and 1985. He won the 2003 Mike Venezia Memorial Award from the New York Racing Association for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship." Also that year, Migliore was honored at the 2003 Thurman Munson Awards Dinner by the Association for the Help of Retarded Children. In 2005, he again won the New York Thoroughbred Association Jockey of the Year title, riding the New York-bred winners of 58 races and winning $2,246,398.
In 2005, he won the Aqueduct Racetrack spring meet. His 4,000th career win occurred on February 4, 2005. He won twice that day, once on Hurricane Erica and the second time on Benjamin Baby. Migliore became the 18th active jockey to reach that milestone and the 43rd in U.S. history to win that many races. In October 2006, Migliore announced his move to the California tracks after a career spent on the East Coast. On November 15, he rode his first mount at Hollywood Park Racetrack. On February 23, 2008, Migliore won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. In the summer of 2008, Migliore announced he would be returning to the East Coast for the Saratoga meet. At the end of the Saratoga meet, Migliore relocated to New York.
On October 25, 2008, at Santa Anita Park, Migliore won his first Breeders' Cup race, the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint on Desert Code.[3]
On May 4, 2010, he underwent an operation in which two plates and eight screws were inserted into his neck due to a fall from his mount, Honest Wildcat, at Aqueduct on January 23, 2010. During a press conference held at Belmont Racetrack before the draw for the Belmont Stakes in June, Migliore announced his retirement. He won 4,450 races, including 362 stakes and 25 Grade 1 events.
"It's no big surprise why we're here, my career as a jockey is over," he said. "It's not by choice. I was in the doctor's office on Wednesday of last week and he assured me that I would never ride another Thoroughbred again. He works on many
Broadcast career
In late 2010, shortly after retiring from the saddle, Migliore joined
Migliore joined the XBTV team in 2017 and presently works as an East Coast analyst, providing handicapping insight and interviews.
Year-end charts
Chart (2000–2009) | Peak position |
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National Earnings List for Jockeys 2000 | 19 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2001 | 14 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2002 | 18 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2003 | 16 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2004 | 20 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005 | 27 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2006 | 59 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007 | 26 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008 | 57 |
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009 | 88 |
References
- ^ NYRA profile for Richard Migliore Archived June 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Crist, Steven. "Migliore Starts Riding Career at the Top", The New York Times, April 21, 1981. Accessed September 10, 2019. "That year, Migliore's family - his parents and three brothers - moved from the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn to Bay Shore, L.I., and he decided he wanted a pony."
- ^ "Bloodhorse.com article: The Mig's first Breeders' Cup win". News.bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Bloodhorse.com article: Migliore Hangs 'Em Up". Bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
- ^ "Migliore takes on duties for NYRA".
- ^ "Richard Migliore". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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