Corey Lanerie
Record at Keeneland
Career Firsts
Starters in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes
Year | Horse | Finish |
---|---|---|
2022 | Smile Happy | 2nd |
2021 | Sittin On Go | 6th |
2020 | Hunt the Front | 12th |
2019 | Aquadini | 12th |
2018 | Tiz Mischief | 7th |
2017 | Wild Shot | 7th |
2016 | Cherry Wine | 3rd |
2013 | Footbridge | 14th |
2012 | Heavy Breathing | 7th |
2008 | Stone Bird | 12th |
At Keeneland
First Keeneland win came during the 2000 Fall Meet.
First of 12 Keeneland stakes wins was the 2003 Lafayette (G3) on Posse.
Has three wins in Central Bank Ashland (G1), a prep for the Kentucky Oaks (G1). Won the first Grade 1 race of his career when he rode 24-1 shot Hooh Why to win the race in 2009. He picked up the mount when jockey Rene Douglas became ill and was unable to ride. Other wins came in 2016 on Weep No More and 2017 on Sailor's Valentine.
Leading rider during the 2015 Fall Meet with 27 wins, including the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity (G1) aboard Brody’s Cause.
Rode four winners on April 23, 2016.
Rode Bell's the One to win 2019 Lexus Raven Run (G2) and the 2021 Thoroughbred Club of America (G2).
Won the 2022 Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G2) on Manny Wah.
Career
Scored his 5,000th career win at Keeneland on Oct. 18, 2023, on I Feel the Need in the third race.
North American career earnings exceed $160 million with 5,009 wins through Nov. 28, 2023.
Recorded his 4,000th career victory July 31, 2016, aboard Crooked Stick in the eighth race at Ellis Park.
Click here for his Equibase career record.
Background
Racing is in Corey’s blood – his grandfather was a trainer who also had some horses, and his father, Gerald, was a jockey and a trainer. Corey grew up in Lafayette, Louisiana, where racing is an integral part of the local culture. He was always around horses and began galloping horses when he was 9. He received his first race-riding instructions at the late John Franks’ farm in Opelousas, and rode at the bush tracks before launching his professional career in 1991. Other jockeys who received their starts in the area are Racing Hall of Famers Calvin Borel, Kent Desormeaux and Eddie Delahoussaye.