Drayden Van Dyke
Drayden Van Dyke (born September 10, 1994, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a jockey in thoroughbred racing. At graded stakes races, Van Dyke has won 67 events ranging from Grade I to Grade III. Of these wins, Van Dyke has won both the Starlet Stakes and Yellow Ribbon Handicap four times. As a Breeders' Cup jockey, Van Dyke won the Turf Sprint event at the 2018 Breeders' Cup. He was also runner-up at the Breeders' Cup Mile event in 2018 and the Dirt Mile at the 2021 Breeders' Cup.
| Drayden Van Dyke | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | September 10, 1994 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Career wins | 804 (as of January 17, 2023) |
| Major racing wins | |
| Rodeo Drive Stakes (2015) Mother Goose Stakes (2015) Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (2015) Maker's 46 Mile Stakes (2016) Awesome Again Stakes (2017, 2020) Starlet Stakes (2017—2020) Malibu Stakes (2017) Cotillion Stakes (2017) Los Alamitos Cash Call Futurity (2018) Triple Bend Stakes (2018) Del Mar Debutante Stakes (2019) Del Mar Oaks (2020) Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (2020) Breeders' Cup wins: | |
| Racing awards | |
| Del Mar Leading Jockey (2018) Summer (2018) Fall | |
| Honors | |
| Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey (2014) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Authentic, Bast, City of Light, Improbable, It Tiz Well, Justify, Stormy Liberal, War of Will, West Coast | |
As a Triple Tiara and Triple Crown and racer, Van Dyke was second at the 2017 Alabama Stakes and fourth at the 2018 Kentucky Derby. He was voted the 2014 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, the highest national honor for an American apprentice rider. In 2018, Van Dyke tied the record for most Del Mar races won in one day with Victor Espinoza. In his overall career, Van Dyke has won over 770 races and accumulated more than $49 million in prize winnings.