'First of all, thank you, Lord Jesus Christ for giving me the opportunity to win the Derby.'
“I never give up, I always try hard and do the right thing,” he continued. “The little Mage, he did really well today. He’s got a lot of heart. It’s a little horse but big heart.”
Castellano, a 45-year-old from Maracaibo, is one of only two jockeys to win four consecutive Eclipse Awards . Castellano has won 12 Breeders’ Cup races and a record six editions of the Travers Stakes. In 2017, Castellano wasMage’s trainer, Gustavo Delgado, also from Maracaibo,“I participated twice with no luck but this time I was sure I was going to win,” Delgado said.
Prior to arriving in the United States, the 65-year-old trainer had earned the Venezuelan equivalent of the Triple Crown twice throughout his career: The José Antonio Páez Classic, the National Breeding Classic, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Classic.
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