| Deshawn Parker | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | January 8, 1971 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Career wins | 6,000 [1] |
| Major racing wins | |
| selected stakes wins: Autumn Leaves Stakes (2005) Labor Day Stakes (2007) Mountaineer Mile Stakes (2007, 2008, 2013) Best of Ohio Juvenile Stakes (2008) Hancock County Handicap (2008, 2009) Mountaineer Fall Stakes (2008, 2009) Panhandle Handicap (2008) Senator Robert C. Byrd Memorial Handicap (2011) John W. Galbreath Stakes (2012) Rose DeBartolo Memorial Stakes (2012) Miss Ohio Stakes (2012) Hoover Stakes (2012) Mountaineer Juvenile Fillies Stakes (2012) Cleveland Kindergarten Stakes (2012) Firecracker Stakes (2012) Royal North Stakes (2013) Tom Ridge Stakes (2014) West Virginia Governor's Stakes (2015) Green Carpet Stakes (2015) Howard B. Noonan Stakes (2015) Sam Houston Sprint Cup Stakes (2015, 2016) San Jacinto Stakes (2016) Indiana Futurity (2017) Crown Ambassador Stakes (2017) Hillsdale Stakes (2017) Florence Henderson Stakes (2017) Yellow Rose Stakes (2017) Spirit of Texas Stakes (2017) San Jacinto Turf Stakes (2017) | |
| Racing awards | |
| United States Champion Jockey by wins (2010, 2011) | |
| Honors | |
| Sam Houston Race Park Champion Jockey (2015) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Bernie Blue, La Chica Rica, Marina's Legacy, Texas Chrome | |
Deshawn L. Parker (born January 8, 1971, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who is a two-time United States Champion. In addition, on May 2, 2016, he became only the thirty-second jockey in the history of North American Thoroughbred racing to win 5,000 races.[2] On June 21, 2022, while racing at Horseshoe Indianapolis, Parker rode his 6,000th career winner, For Mama, becoming one of only 21 jockeys to reach that rarified air.