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Emile Ramsammy Occupation Jockey Born (1962-12-11 ) 11 December 1962 (age 61) Trinidad , Trinidad and Tobago Career wins 2005+ (ongoing) Barbados Gold Cup (1985, 1987, 1988)Princess Elizabeth Stakes (1994, 2004)Eclipse Stakes (1995)Sir Barton Stakes (1995, 2001)Swynford Stakes (1995, 1999, 2000)Wonder Where Stakes (1995, 2003)Toronto Cup Stakes (1997)New Providence Stakes (1997, 2004)Vandal Stakes (1997)Baldwin Stakes (1999)Col. R. S. McLaughlin Stakes (1999)Nearctic Stakes (1999)Connaught Cup Stakes (2000, 2001)Coronation Futurity Stakes (2000)Deputy Minister Stakes (2000, 2001, 2002)Display Stakes (2000)Victoria Stakes (2000)Bison City Stakes (2001)Bull Page Stakes (2001)Clarendon Stakes (2002)Highlander Handicap (2002)Jacques Cartier Stakes (2002)Vigil Stakes (2002, 2003, 2008)Royal North Stakes (2002, 2007)Maple Leaf Stakes (2003, 2004)Seagram Cup Stakes (2003, 2004, 2005)Vice Regent Stakes (2003, 2005)Turf Paradise Derby (2004)Natalma Stakes (2004, 2006)Dance Smartly Stakes (2005)Overskate Stakes (2005, 2006)Nijinsky Stakes (2007)Hill 'n' Dale Stakes (2007)Star Shoot Stakes (2008)Selene Stakes (2007, 2008)Marine Stakes (2008)Frost King Stakes (2009)Mazarine Stakes (2010)
Canadian Classic Race wins:Queen's Plate (1996, 2006)Barbadian Champion jockey by wins (1986, 1989)Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey (1996, 1997)Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (2011)
Emile Ramsammy (born December 11, 1962, in Trinidad , Trinidad and Tobago ) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey . He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s.
Ramsammy has won a number of important graded stakes races in Canada including the 1996 and 2006 Queen's Plate , the country's most prestigious race. He was voted the 1996 and 1997 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey in Canada. In 2011 he won the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award for his contributions to the sport of Thoroughbred racing in Canada.
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National Earnings List for Jockeys 2000
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National Earnings List for Jockeys 2001
27
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2002
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National Earnings List for Jockeys 2003
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National Earnings List for Jockeys 2004
30
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005
54
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2006
58
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007
42
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008
44
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009
42
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2010
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National Earnings List for Jockeys 2011
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