For Ramon Dominguez, improving upon his stellar 2010 campaign was a tall
task, since he topped the jockey standings with more than $16.9 million
in earnings and won 19 graded races including five in Grade 1 events en
route to his first Eclipse Award.
But the Venezuelan-born rider picked up right where he left off at the
start of the new season and somehow even bettered his performance. The
end results were 2011 numbers that dwarfed those from the previous year
and a second consecutive Eclipse Award as the nation's top rider.
He received 197 first-place votes. John Velazquez, the runner-up, had 30
votes with Javier Castellano receiving 14 first-place votes.
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