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Best Jockey ESPY Award

Annual athletic award

Annual athletic award

The Best Jockey ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Jockey of the Year ESPY Award, has been presented annually since 1994 to the thoroughbred horse racing jockey, irrespective of nationality or gender, adjudged to be the best of those riding in the United States in a given calendar year.

Between 1994 and 2004, the award voting panel comprised variously fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter are conferred in June and reflect performance from the June previous. The award was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

List of winners

YearJockeyPrincipal nation
of citizenship
1994Mike E. SmithUnited States
1995Chris McCarronUnited States
1996Jerry BaileyUnited States
1997Jerry Bailey (2)United States
1998Gary StevensUnited States
1999Kent DesormeauxUnited States
2000Chris AntleyUnited States
2001Kent DesormeauxUnited States
2002Victor EspinozaMexico
2003José A. SantosChile
2004Stewart ElliottCanada
2005Jeremy RoseUnited States
2006Edgar Prado
2007Calvin BorelUnited States
2008Kent DesormeauxUnited States
2009Calvin Borel (2)United States
2010Calvin Borel (3)United States
2011John VelazquezUnited States
()
2012Mario GutierrezMexico
2013Joel Rosario
2014Victor EspinozaMexico
2015Victor Espinoza (2)Mexico
2016Mario GutierrezMexico
2017John VelazquezUnited States
()
2018José OrtizUnited States
2019Mike SmithUnited States
2020Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021Joel RosarioDominican Republic
2022José Ortiz (2)United States

Notes

References

References

  1. Because of the [[ESPY Awards#Timing. rescheduling]] of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in [[2002 in sports. 2002]] was given in consideration of performance between February [[2001 in sports. 2001]] and June 2002.
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