Alex Solis

Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Alex Solis


caption = Alex Solis, 2006
occupation = Jockey
birthplace = Panama City, Panama
birth date = March 25, 1964
death date =
career wins = 4,500+ (ongoing)
race = Florida Derby (1986, 1997)
Santa Anita Derby (1986, 2006)
San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1986, 1996, 2006)
Hollywood Derby (1989, 1999, 2002)
La Brea Stakes (1990, 2002)
Malibu Stakes (1990, 2000)
San Felipe Stakes (1990, 1992)
Del Mar Oaks (1992, 2008)
John C. Mabee Handicap (2003)
Eddie Read Handicap (2001, 2005, 2007)
Bing Crosby Handicap (1988, 1998, 2000, 2001)
Pat O'Brien Handicap (2006)
Del Mar Handicap (1990, 1997, 2003, 2006)
Del Mar Debutante Stakes (1990, 1991, 1994, 2005)
Del Mar Futurity (1991, 1994)
La Canada Stakes (1996, 2003, 2004)
Morris Handicap (1996)
Pacific Classic Stakes (1996)
Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (1997)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1997)
Yellow Ribbon Stakes (1997, 2005)
Santa Anita Handicap (1998)
San Gabriel Handicap (2000, 2003)
Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes (2001)
Secretariat Stakes (2001)
Manhattan Handicap (2002)
Del Mar Handicap (2003, 2006)
Sham Stakes (2003, 2004)
Sunshine Millions Sprint (2003)
Carter Handicap (2004)
Metropolitan Handicap (2004)
Acorn Stakes (2006)
Las Cienegas Handicap (2008)

American Classics / Breeders' Cup wins:
Preakness Stakes (1986)
Breeders' Cup Sprint (2000)
Breeders' Cup Turf (2003)
Breeders' Cup Classic (2003)

International race wins:
Dubai Golden Shaheen (2000, 2004)
Dubai World Cup (2004)
awards = George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1997)
honours = Calder Race Course Hall of Fame (2002)
horses = Snow Chief, Kona Gold, Beat Hollow
Pleasantly Perfect, Brother Derek
updated = April 13, 2007

Alex O. Solis (born March 25, 1964 in Panama City, Panama) is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California. He first gained national prominence when he won the 1986 Preakness Stakes with Snow Chief.

In 2002, he was inducted in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame.

Solis won two Breeders' Cup races in 2003 with Johar (who finished in a dead heat) in the Breeders' Cup Turf and aboard Pleasantly Perfect in the Classic, both trained by Richard Mandella. Also finished second aboard Mandella-trained Minister Eric in the Juvenile that year at Santa Anita Park. He ended the year ranked fourth nationally in purse earnings with a career-best $16,304,252.

Alex Solis finished second in the Kentucky Derby three out of four years with Captain Bodgit in 1997, Victory Gallop in 1998 and Aptitude in 2000.

Winner of the 2006 Santa Anita Derby aboard Brother Derek.

ee also

*List of jockeys
*Thoroughbred horse racing

References

* [http://www.ntra.com/Stats_Bios.aspx?id=1835 Alex Solis at the NTRA]
* Del mar Media Guide