American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:Kentucky Derby (1981)Preakness Stakes (1981)Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (1985)Breeders' Cup Classic (1985)Jorge Velásquez (born December 28, 1946, in Chepo, Panama) is a thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.
Jorge Velasquez's career in thoroughbred racing began in his native Panama but as a teenager moved to the United States.
In 1978 he became nationally famous for being one of the jockeys involved in probably the greatest rivalry in racing history.
[1][2] He finished second aboard Alydar to Affirmed in all three of the 1978 American Triple Crown races, losing by a combined total of less than two lengths.
In 1986, he was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award by his peers and in 1990 was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.