Patrick Husbands

Horseracing personalities infobox


name = Patrick Husbands
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occupation = Jockey
birthplace = Bridgetown, Barbados
birth date = May 22, 1973
death date =
career wins = 1,680+ (ongoing)
race = Barbados Gold Cup (1990, 2006)
Barbados Derby (1998)
Kennedy Road Stakes (1998, 2002)
Royal North Stakes (1998)
Display Stakes (1999, 2002, 2003)
Eclipse Stakes (1999, 2002, 2006)
Grey Stakes (1999, 2006)
Dance Smartly Stakes (1999, 2003)
Shepperton Stakes (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004)
Autumn Stakes (2000, 2003)
Overskate Stakes (2000)
La Lorgnette Stakes (2001, 2003)
Woodbine Mile (2001)
Metropolitan Handicap (2001)
Seaway Stakes (2001, 2007)
Nashua Stakes (2002)
Swynford Stakes (2002, 2004, 2007)
Cup and Saucer Stakes (2003)
George C. Hendrie Stakes (2003)
Canadian Stakes (2004)
Sir Barton Stakes (2004, 2005, 2006)
Bison City Stakes (2007)
Bourbonette Breeders' Cup Stakes (2007)
Highlander Stakes (2007)
Seagram Cup Stakes (2007)
Victoria Park Stakes (2007)
Wonder Where Stakes (2007)
Woodbine Oaks (2007)
King Edward Breeders' Cup Stakes (2008)

Canadian Classic Race wins:
Queen's Plate (2003)
Prince of Wales Stakes (2003)
Breeders' Stakes (2003, 2006, 2007)
awards = Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey
(1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2007)
honours = January 7, 2004 - "Patrick Husbands Day" in Barbados
horses = Wando, Arch Hall, Seaside Retreat, Sealy Hill
updated = CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAME CURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC)

Patrick Husbands (born May 22, 1973, in Bridgetown, Barbados) is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. The son of a jockey, he began riding as a young boy, turning professional in his home country where he rode successfully until emigrating to Toronto, Ontario in 1994.

Racing out of Woodbine Racetrack, in 2003 Husbands won the Canadian Triple Crown aboard the colt Wando. Among his other notable wins, he rode Numerous Times to victory in the $1 million 2001 Woodbine Mile and Exciting Story in that same year's Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park in New York. He rode Arch Hall to three straight wins between 2004 and 2006 in the Sir Barton Stakes. In 2007, he was the regular rider on Canadian Horse of the Year, Sealy Hill.

Patrick Husbands was voted the Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey a then unprecedented four straight years between 1999 and 2002 and won his fifth in 2007. He made his first Kentucky Derby appearance in 2006 riding Seaside Retreat for trainer Mark Casse.

Husbands makes his home in Brampton, Ontario.

References

* [http://www.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=5853 Patrick Husbands at the NTRA]