Avelino Gomez Memorial Award
- Avelino Gomez Memorial Award
The Avelino Gomez Memorial Award is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually to a jockey who is Canadian-born, Canadian-raised, or a regular in the country for more than five years, who has made significant contributions to the sport. The honor is named for the late Cuban-born Canadian and American Hall of Fame jockey Avelino Gomez who died in 1980 of complications from injuries sustained in a racing accident.
Avelino Gomez Memorial Award honourees receive a replica of the life-size statue of Gomez sculpted by Siggy Puchta that stands at Woodbine Racetrack.
In 2004, Francine Villeneuve became the first female recipient of the award.
Past winners:
*2007 : George HoSang
*2006 : John LeBlanc
*2005 : Sam Krasner
*2004 : Francine Villeneuve
*2003 : Robert Landry
*2002 : Richard Dos Ramos
*2001 : Chris Loseth
*2000 : James McKnight
*1999 : David Clark
*1998 : Irwin Driedger
*1997 : Richard Grubb
*1996 : David Gall
*1995 : Don Seymour
*1994 : no award
*1993 : Larry Attard
*1992 : Robin Platts
*1991 : Hugo Dittfach
*1990 : Lloyd Duffy
*1989 : Jeffrey Fell
*1988 : Chris Rogers
*1987 : Don MacBeth
*1986 : Sandy Hawley
*1985 : Johnny Longden
*1984 : Ron Turcotte
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