. . . . . . . . . . . . "Antonio \"Tony\" Vega (April 21, 1961 \u2013 November 11, 2013) was a Puerto Rican American Thoroughbred jockey and community activist from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was a graded stakes winning, three-time champion jockey who competed in North American horse racing from 1982 to 2012. Tony Vega had never landed any mounts in any of the U.S. Triple Crown or Breeders' Cup races but did compete in some of America's most prestigious graded stakes events in American horse racing during his time."@en . "Evzone, Precisionist, Timely Business"@en . . . . . . . "Ambassador of Luck Handicap"@en . "713"^^ . . . "1961-04-21"^^ . . . "21945"^^ . . . "\"Apprentice Jockey of The Year\""@en . "1961-04-21"^^ . . . . . . "New Jersey Racing Writers"@en . . . . . . . . . . "52582709"^^ . . "\u062A\u0648\u0646\u064A \u0641\u064A\u063A\u0627 (\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062C\u0644\u064A\u0632\u064A\u0629: Tony Vega)\u200F \u0647\u0648 \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633 \u0623\u0645\u0631\u064A\u0643\u064A\u060C \u0648\u0644\u062F \u0641\u064A 21 \u0623\u0628\u0631\u064A\u0644 1961\u060C \u0648\u062A\u0648\u0641\u064A \u0641\u064A 11 \u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631 2013."@ar . . . . . . . . . . "\u062A\u0648\u0646\u064A \u0641\u064A\u063A\u0627 (\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633)"@ar . "713"^^ . "2013-11-11"^^ . . "Tony Vega"@en . . . . . . . "Champion jockey at Keystone Park - 1983\n\nChampion jockey at Monmouth Park - 1983\n\nChampion Apprentice for wins in U.S. 1983\n\nEclipse Award runner up -1984\n\nHonored as Thoroughbred Racings representative - The Philadelphia Sportswriters Awards - 1984"@en . . "New Brunswick, New Jersey,"@en . . "The Iroquois Handicap 1983 \n\nThe Grantville stakes 1983\n\nThe Tosmah stakes 1983 \n\nThe Mayfair stakes 1983 \n\nThe Hit It Rich stakes 1984 \n\n All American Handicap"@en . "Philadelphia Handicap"@en . . . . . . . . "Antonio \"Tony\" Vega (April 21, 1961 \u2013 November 11, 2013) was a Puerto Rican American Thoroughbred jockey and community activist from New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was a graded stakes winning, three-time champion jockey who competed in North American horse racing from 1982 to 2012. In 1983, he was the top apprentice jockey in the U.S. for wins, and was second in the nation for earnings with over $2 million in purse money. As an apprentice, Vega won back to back riding titles at the (Keystone Park Winter-Spring meet (55 wins) & Monmouth Park Racetrack (134 wins), the first rider in Monmouth Park history to win 100 races in a season, the first apprentice jockey to win the riding title at Monmouth, the first jockey to lead the standings at three different racetracks at the same time (Keystone Park, Monmouth Park, Meadowlands Racetrack), and the first jockey to win six races in one day at Monmouth. Vega also broke twenty records that year, and became the first jockey to win the New Jersey Sports Writers Association's \"Pro Rookie of The Year\" award, along with being awarded the 1983 New Jersey Racing Writers \"Apprentice Jockey of The Year\" and being honored as Thoroughbred racing's representative at the 18th annual Philadelphia Sports Writers Association's awards ceremony. He finished second that year in the voting for the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, and was ranked 7th overall for wins in the U.S. and 29th on the list for earnings. Tony Vega had never landed any mounts in any of the U.S. Triple Crown or Breeders' Cup races but did compete in some of America's most prestigious graded stakes events in American horse racing during his time."@en . "1099105911"^^ . . "Tony Vega"@en . . . . . . "Martha Washington Handicap \nThe World Appeal stakes 1993"@en . "United States"@en . . . . . . "United States"@en . . . . . "2013-11-11"^^ . . . . . . . . . "\u062A\u0648\u0646\u064A \u0641\u064A\u063A\u0627 (\u0628\u0627\u0644\u0625\u0646\u062C\u0644\u064A\u0632\u064A\u0629: Tony Vega)\u200F \u0647\u0648 \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633 \u0623\u0645\u0631\u064A\u0643\u064A\u060C \u0648\u0644\u062F \u0641\u064A 21 \u0623\u0628\u0631\u064A\u0644 1961\u060C \u0648\u062A\u0648\u0641\u064A \u0641\u064A 11 \u0646\u0648\u0641\u0645\u0628\u0631 2013."@ar . . . . . "2021-02-13"^^ . "\"Pro Rookie of The Year\" 1984 \n\nPhiladelphia Sportswriters Awards \"Outstanding Amateur Athlete of The Year\" 1984"@en . . . "Tony Vega (jockey)"@en . . .