Miguel Mena was a Peruvian-born American jockey know all about him in this article as like Miguel Mena Family, Net Worth, Parents, Wife, Children and Professional Career.
Miguel Mena Biography
Miguel Mena was a Peruvian-born American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who had been competing in the United States from 2003 until his death.He was from a Peruvian family involved in horse racing. His father Jose is a retired jockey.
Mena won two Grade 1 races in his career, and in 2015 he swept the major three-year-old stakes races at the Fair Grounds aboard International Star. Mena was killed on the evening of October 31, 2021 when he was struck by a vehicle as a pedestrian on Interstate 64 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Miguel Mena Family, Parents
Miguel was born on 6th November 1986 in Lima, Peru in a Peruvian family and was involved in horse racing since he was a kid. His father Jose Mena was also a jockey which inspired Miguel to choose the path as his career. However, much is not known about his mother.
Miguel Mena Wife, Was Miguel Mena Married
Miguel was married to April Mena but the details about their marriage have not been shared. He also had two daughters with his wife but their names have also been kept out of media purview. He was settled in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife and children.
Miguel Mena Net Worth
Miguel Mena was a Peruvian-born American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing has an estimated Net Worth around $20 Million.Miguel worked as a successful jockey and won over 2071 races from which he earned loads of income summing up to at least $72million.
Miguel Mena Professional Career
Miguel started horse racing early as a child and later to make his career in the sport, he moved to the United States of America at the age of 17. He started racing professionally as a jockey in 2003 and recorded his first win at Calder Racecourse. Mena then rode regularly at the Churchill Downs in 2006. He recorded his first major win in the year 2007 at Fayette Stakes followed by Matt Winn Stakes in 2007 and Lowa Derby in 2008 along with Sugar Bowl Stakes.
Miguel won two Grade 1 races throughout his career, the first one being at the Saratoga in 2010 and the 2nd being at Churchill Downs.He continued to win several races like Bashford Manor Stakes 2009, Derby Trial Stakes 2009, Sorority stakes 2010, Tiffany Lass Strike 2010, Stephan Foster Handicap in 20111 and 2020 as well as Golden Rod Strike to name a few. Miguel recorded 451 wins at Churchill Downs and has been ranked 15th all-time.
Miguel also won 16 stakes races at the historic track along with two in the Stephen Foster Stakes and Tom’s D Etat. He has to date recorded 136 stakes wins and 37 graded race wins.In 2018, he suffered a grave injury while riding and fractured several bones including his heel and ankle, and could not race for about 6 months.
He soon recovered and made a striking record and wins. More recently, in 2020 he was ranked at 10th place according to Fair Grounds Rider standings along with 28 total wins that year. The same year, he was also selected as the inaugural winner of the Randy Romero Pure Courage award after he recovered from a serious injury. However, his last race before death was on Saturday at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky.
