NEWS
Jockey Lanerie hits 3,000-win milestone
Posted: Thursday, February 03, 2011 7:27 PM
COREY LANERIE
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Jockey Corey Lanerie reached the 3,000 career victory milestone on Thursday at Fair Grounds when he guided Robert and Lawana Low’s Native Mambo to a 3½-length win in the third race.
“It feels great to do it here in front of everybody that has supported me throughout my career,” said Lanerie, who was born and raised in Lafayette, Louisiana. “First I want to say ‘Thank you’ to all the trainers and owners who gave me every opportunity that I had. If it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be standing here today, so thanks to everybody. It feels great to do it here in Louisiana.”
Lanerie began his career in 1991 at Evangeline Downs and rode his first career winner there, High Hopes Banquet, on April 19.
“I was told to get on the fence and stay there,” Lanerie recalled. “I stayed there and went through a hole that probably wasn’t really there. That young and inexperienced, I didn’t know any better.”
Lanerie is a nominee for the prestigious 2011 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, presented annually to a jockey riding in North America who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct on and off the racetrack.
