Luis Hiraldo
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Hiraldo debuted in 2010. He won 177 races in Puerto Rico that year, having participated in 958, to become the top rookie in that country for that year and the second-winningest jockey there in 2010, behind Juan Carlos Diaz.[2]
In 2013, Hiraldo participated in the Clasico del Caribe horse racing classic in Panama City, Panama, riding a horse named "Son de Goma". He and the horse finished in fourth place in that international competition.[3] He had won two-thirds of the Puerto Rican triple crown that year with the same horse.[3]
Also during 2013, Hiraldo suffered a dangerous injury when, riding on the fifth race of the day on May 26, 2013, his horse, El Bomberito, suffered an injury and fell to the ground, Hiraldo then getting run over by a horse named New Government, which was commanded by jockey Hector Miguel Diaz, who tried unsuccessfully to evade Hiraldo. Hiraldo was hospitalized at Centro Medico hospital in San Juan and later at Hospital Industrial with a small injury to one of his ribs. As a consequence of the accident Hiraldo was unable to compete in that year's "Governor's Cup".[4]
On 14 July 2023, Hiraldo won what turned out to be his last victory, riding a horse named "El Profe".[2]