Avelino Gomez Memorial Award
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The Avelino Gomez Memorial Award is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honor 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 honor 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.
Past winners:
- 2006 : John LeBlanc
- 2005 : Sam Krasner
- 2004 : Francine Villeneuve
- 2003 : Robert Landry
- 2002 : Richard Dos Ramos
- 2001 : Chris Loseth
- 2000 : Jim 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 : Jeff Fell
- 1988 : Chris Rogers
- 1987 : Don MacBeth
- 1986 : Sandy Hawley
- 1985 : Johnny Longden
- 1984 : Ron Turcotte
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