Avelino Gomez Memorial Award

The Avelino Gomez Memorial Award is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honour given annually to a jockey who is Canadian-born, Canadian-raised, or a regular in the country for more than five years, who has made significant contributions to the sport. The honour is named for the late Cuban-born Canadian and American Hall of Fame jockey Avelino Gomez who died in 1980 of complications from injuries sustained in a racing accident.

Avelino Gomez Memorial Award honourees receive a replica of the life-size statue of Gomez sculpted by Siggy Puchta that stands at Woodbine Racetrack.

In 2004, Francine Villeneuve became the first female recipient of the award.

Award winners

2016 : Gary Stahlbaum^[1]
2015 : Quincy Welch^[2]
2014 : Patrick Husbands^[3]
2013 : Mickey Walls
2012 : Steven Bahen
2011 : Emile Ramsammy
2010 : Stewart Elliott
2009 : Robert King
2008 : Jack Lauzon
2007 : George HoSang
2006 : John LeBlanc
2005 : Sam Krasner
2004 : Francine Villeneuve
2003 : Robert Landry
2002 : Richard Dos Ramos
2001 : Chris Loseth
2000 : James McKnight

1999 : David Clark
1998 : Irwin Driedger
1997 : Richard Grubb
1996 : David Gall
1995 : Don Seymour
1994 : no award
1993 : Larry Attard
1992 : Robin Platts
1991 : Hugo Dittfach
1990 : Lloyd Duffy
1989 : Jeffrey Fell
1988 : Chris Rogers
1987 : Don MacBeth
1986 : Sandy Hawley
1985 : Johnny Longden
1984 : Ron Turcotte

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