NEW YORK (AP)—Todd Pletcher is a nation’s heading tutor in North
American gain for a second year in a row, and Ramon Dominguez tops the
jockey’s list with some-more than $20 million in earnings, according to Equibase.
Pletcher saddled 254 winners from 1,016 starts for gain of scarcely $17.2
million in 2011. He also was a heading tutor from 2004-2007. Steve Asmussen
was second with some-more than $16.2 million.
Dominguez rode 348 winners from 1,424 mounts. John Velazquez was second with
248 winners from 1,223 mounts and gain of some-more than $18.6 million.
Also, Breeders’ Cup Classic leader Drosselmeyer took honors as a leading
thoroughbred earner during $2.9 million, and Midwest Thoroughbreds was a leading
owner with $6.3 million in earnings.
