Racing Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado will donate 5% of any winnings from this month’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships to Breeders’ Cup Charities and the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund.

Prado is dedicating his potential Breeders’ Cup earnings to his mother, Zenaida Prado, who died of breast cancer in February 2006, prior to his victory aboard Barbaro in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) and subsequent induction into the Racing Hall of Fame in August.

The primary beneficiaries of Breeders’ Cup Charities are Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Breeders’ Cup Charities also will support causes in Southern California and Thoroughbred industry charities.

“We are grateful for Edgar’s generous pledge in the name of his late mother at this year’s Breeders’ Cup,” Breeders’ Cup Ltd. President Greg Avioli said. “Over the years, Edgar has been the epitome of talent and class on and off the racetrack, and we welcome his support to these important causes.”

The pledge by Prado is the fourth commitment from the Thoroughbred industry to Breeders’ Cup Charities, which was established this year to further community outreach efforts in conjunction with the 2008 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. 

“My mom was a great inspiration to me throughout my life,” Prado said. “I hope that my participation in Breeders’ Cup Charities will bring more attention to help find a cure for breast cancer and for others in need.”

Prado, 41, a native of Lima, Peru, is a regular rider on the New York circuit. Now a resident of Miami, Prado won the Eclipse Award for outstanding Jockey in 2006.