Old Guys Rule at Del Mar

Forty seven riders have been given a leg up on horses through Friday’s 32nd day of racing at Del Mar’s 2014 summer season. Twenty eight of them have won at least one race.

If you draw a line at the age 40, a further cataloging of the jockeys at the session shows that 18 of those winning riders (or 64%) are under that marker, meaning 10 of them (or 36%) are above it.

All told so far there have been 283 races contested at the seaside stand. The “old guys,” those north of 40, have won 104 of them, or 37%. The crew south of 40 has combined to win 179 races, or 63%. In other words, nobody is outdoing anybody in the jocks room.

Here’s how the numbers specifically shake down for each rider:

The North of 40 Gang -- Blanc (1 win); Carr (1); Delgadillo (7); Desormeaux (27); Elliott (3); Espinoza (16); Gryder (2); Nakatani (13); Pedroza (8), and Smith (26).

The Under 40 Collection --  Antongeorgi (3); Arias (3); Baze (19); Bejarano (30); Couton (2); Garcia (12); Gutierrez (7); Hernandez (1); Maldonado (11); Orozco (2); Perez (16); Pereira (7); Quinonez (4); Stra (1); Sullivan (1); Talamo (17); Trujillo (26), and Van Dyke (17).

Source: Del Mar