Emile Ramsammy
Emile Ramsammy (born December 11, 1962, in Trinidad, Trinidad, and Tobago) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s.
Ramsammy has won several important graded stakes races in Canada, including the 1996 and 2006 Queen’s Plate, the country’s most prestigious. He was voted for the 1996 and 1997 Sovereign Awards for Outstanding Jockey in Canada. In 2011 he won the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award for his contributions to Thoroughbred racing in Canada.
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Racing Awards
- Barbadian Champion jockey by wins (1986, 1989)
- Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey (1996, 1997)
- Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (2011)
Major racing wins
- Barbados Gold Cup (1985, 1987, 1988)
- Princess Elizabeth Stakes (1994, 2004)
- Eclipse Stakes (1995)
- Sir Barton Stakes (1995, 2001)
- Swynford Stakes (1995, 1999, 2000)
- Wonder Where Stakes (1995, 2003)
- Toronto Cup Stakes (1997)
- New Providence Stakes (1997, 2004)
- Vandal Stakes (1997)
- Baldwin Stakes (1999)
- Col. R. S. McLaughlin Stakes (1999)
- Nearctic Stakes (1999)
- Connaught Cup Stakes (2000, 2001)
- Coronation Futurity Stakes (2000)
- Deputy Minister Stakes (2000, 2001, 2002)
- Display Stakes (2000)
- Victoria Stakes (2000)
- Bison City Stakes (2001)
- Bull Page Stakes (2001)
- Clarendon Stakes (2002)
- Highlander Handicap (2002)
- Jacques Cartier Stakes (2002)
- Vigil Stakes (2002, 2003, 2008)
- Royal North Stakes (2002, 2007)
- Maple Leaf Stakes (2003, 2004)
- Seagram Cup Stakes (2003, 2004, 2005)
- Vice Regent Stakes (2003, 2005)
- Turf Paradise Derby (2004)
- Natalma Stakes (2004, 2006)
- Dance Smartly Stakes (2005)
- Overskate Stakes (2005, 2006)
Nijinsky Stakes (2007) - Hill ‘n’ Dale Stakes (2007)
- Star Shoot Stakes (2008)
- Selene Stakes (2007, 2008)
- Marine Stakes (2008)
- Frost King Stakes (2009)
- Mazarine Stakes (2010)
- Canadian Classic Race wins:
- Queen’s Plate (1996, 2006)
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Interesting Articles
- March 31st, 2022 | Hall and Headley with Special guest Emile Ramsammy | YouTube Podcast
- June 22nd, 2020 | Emile Ramsammy is Not Ready to Hang Up His Boots  | Hayley Morrison for Canadian Thoroughbred
- May 9th, 2015 | Woodbine jockey Ramsammy back on track | Toronto Sun
- May 24th, 2011 | Emile Ramsammy wins jockey award | The Globe and Mail
- April 18th, 2011 | Woodbine jockey Ramsammy bruised after a bad spill | Daily Racing Form
- November 29th, 2009 | Emile Ramsammy Records 2,000th Victory | BloodHorse
