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Huber Villa-Gomez
Born: January 28,1978
Birthplace:Peru
Residence: Florida
Family: Girlfriend Tracy; son Maximo; daughter Abigail
Started Riding: 1983
Circuit: TampaBay Downs, MountaineerPark
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Year
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Starts
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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Earnings
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W rank
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W %
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ITM %
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2008-2009 meet
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383
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33
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53
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31
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$461,368
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7th
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8.6%
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30.5%
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2007-2008 meet
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100
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5
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7
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12
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Info pending
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24th
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5%
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24%
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2006-2007 meet
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274
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42
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48
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38
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$527,939
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7th
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15.3%
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46.7%
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2005-2006 meet
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322
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37
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35
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35
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$501,599
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7th
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11%
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33%
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Huber Villa-Gomez was born on January 28, 1978, and began riding at in his native Peru after he gained an interest in horses through a cousin who worked at a racetrack. “The first day I went to the track, that’s when I knew I wanted to ride,” says Villa-Gomez. At age eighteen he attended jockey school in Peru, and won his first race there on a horse named Victorio.
The jockey says that Floater, a horse he rode to several stakes victories in Ohio, is his favorite mount. In the 2008-2009 Tampa Bay Downs meet, Huber Villa-Gomez guided 33 mounts to the winner’s circle for a seventh place in the final rider standings. When he’s not in the irons, Huber Villa-Gomez likes to spend time with his girlfriend Tracy. He also enjoys playing with his two children, Maximo, 3 ½; and Abigail, 2.
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