Graham Nabs 2,000th Win in New Orleans 'Cap
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Meet-leading rider James Graham, who has clinched his first Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots title, earned his 2,000th career victory on Saturday afternoon when guiding Clint Joiner, Matthew Bond, and Jim Curry’s Grant Forster-conditioned Call me George to win the 10th race over the New Orleans oval in the Grade II New Orleans Handicap. The native of Dublin, Ireland, scored his 64th win of 2015 in the process and is currently seventh in the nation in victories.
The milestone comes on the heels of a career year in 2014 when the 35-year-old finished ninth nationally in wins. During the current 2014-15 Fair Grounds meet, the multiple graded stakes-winning rider has ridden nine race cards in which he has scored three or more times and annexed ten stakes races – both meet-leading accomplishments.
Though he scored his first career victory at Naas Racecourse in County Kildare, Ireland, Graham scored his first stateside race on July 1, 2003 on Dave McGinn’s Alan Shapoff-trained B. J. Star in a 5 ½-furlong claiming event at River Downs. Ascending to become one of the elite journeymen in America, Graham has won three Grade I races and 25 graded stakes. Thus far, his career mounts have earned more than $61,000,000.
Source: Fair Grounds Press Release
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