Jesse M. Campbell

Jesse M. Campbell (born October 9, 1977 in Twinsburg, Ohio) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who earned the biggest win of his career on July 7, 2013 in the $1 million Queen's Plate aboard Midnight Aria at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario.[2] He is also the regular rider of 2016 Canadian Horse of the Year Caren.

Jesse M. Campbell
OccupationJockey
BornOctober 9, 1977
Twinsburg, Ohio
Career wins2,179[1]
Major racing wins
Cornhusker Handicap (1998)
Tejano Run Stakes (1999)
Hanshin Cup Handicap (2000)
Hawthorne Derby (2002)
Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap
(2004, 2006)
Lincoln Heritage Handicap (2005, 2007)
Autumn Stakes (2011)
Black Gold Stakes (2011)
Mardi Gras Stakes (2011)
Kennedy Road Stakes (2011)
Royal North Stakes (2011)
Lone Star Park Handicap (2012)
Mineshaft Handicap (2012)
New Orleans Handicap (2012)
Vigil Stakes (2012)
Bold Venture Stakes (2012)
Bison City Stakes (2013, 2016)
Dance Smartly Stakes (2013)
Grey Stakes (2013)
Jacques Cartier Stakes (2013)
Nassau Stakes (2013, 2014)
Coronation Futurity Stakes (2014)
Royal North Stakes (2016)
Ontario Colleen Stakes (2016)
Wonder Where Stakes (2016)

Canadian Classic Race wins:
Queen's Plate (2013)

Significant horses
Caren, Essence Hit Man, Midnight Aria

The son of trainer Michael Campbell, Jesse has a twin brother, Joel, who is also a jockey.

Jesse Campbell began his professional riding career in 1995, winning his first race on July 20 at Arlington Park in Chicago. [3] In 2011, Campbell made his homebase at Woodbine Racetrack and tied for tenth place in the jockey standings during his first season in which he won sixty races. On October 19, 2012, Campbell won five races on a single card at Woodbine Racetrack. [4]

Jesse Campbell aboard 2013 Queen's Plate winner Midnight Aria

On October 23, 2016, Campbell won two stakes races at Woodbine on the same card despite staying up the night before watching the Chicago Cubs earn a place in the World Series. "This means so much because I grew up a Cubs fans going to games at Wrigley. I’m a Northsider for sure."[5]

Year-end charts

Chart (2004–present) Peak
position
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2004 87
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005 56
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2006 78
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007 89
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008 86
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2011 59
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2012 42
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2013 35
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2014 43
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2015 72

References

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