Frank Lovato Jr.

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frank Lovato Jr.
Occupation	Jockey
Date Of Birth	Jan 30, 1963(1963-01-30)
Age	61
Birthplace	Cheverly
Country	United States
Birth City	Maryland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Frank Lovato Jr. Biography

Frank Lovato Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Jockey who was born on January 30, 1963 in Cheverly, Maryland, United States. Frank Lovato Jr., was born Shawn Francis Lovato, the youngest of the four children. The father of his is multiple stakes winning East Coast jockey Frank Lovato Sr. who raced from 1957 to 1995. Lovato Jr. declared his desire to be jockey as early as age four at which point he would be with his father whenever to do so during his morning workouts as well as at races. He was the heir to the name “Little Frankie” despite repeated attempts to correct others to his real name, he eventually picked Frank Frank Lovato Jr. once it was time to race professionally.

Murty then was able to send Lovato his the trainer Jerry Noss in Ohio and the horse was later the 2nd top rider of the meet , and the most successful Apprentice of the Year at Thistledown. Through his time as an apprentice, Lovato claimed leading apprentice titles not just in OH as well, but as well throughout LA, NY & NJ. Lovato was awarded as the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey in the year 1980.

At age 18, Lovato had mounts in the Preakness, Belmont and Travers Stakes. In the 1981 Jockey Club Gold Cup, he rode 50-1 longshot Peatmoss, almost beating the great John Henry and Bill Shoemaker, which could have been one of the biggest upsets of the decade. A week later, Frankie and Peatmoss teamed up again to win the Kelso Handicap for the 2nd year in a row.

Lovato built his first non-motorized mechanical horse in 1982 when he had to recover from a seriously broken leg that occurred as a result of a riding accident. There were no horse riding simulators on the market at the time, and so he designed one for his own rehabilitation. As word got out about his invention, Lovato began receiving requests from other jockeys to build more, and the design evolved into the Equicizer. Lovato originally manufactured Equicizers in his garage and could produce five a month, which were purchased by many top jockeys. In 2011 he sold the Equicizer brand to Equisense Inc., with the idea they would manufacture and marketed it more widely, but in March 2014 Lovato repurchased the business and took back full control.

Lovato was a part of his childhood in the family and went into school within the suburban area of Cherry Hill, NJ. When he was 14 years old, He left his home to work at an Thoroughbred farm located in Ocala, Florida where he was employed as a farmhand and horse. At the age of 16, he went to work with the trainer Robert “Bobby” Murty, who signed Lovato on contract, and helped him obtain his first exercise rider’s license in February 1979 at the Hialeah Park Race Track.

Frank Lovato Jr. Net Worth

Frank Lovato Jr. is one of the richest Jockey from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frank Lovato Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Frank “Frankie” Lovato Jr. (born 30 January 1963 at Cheverly, Maryland) is a retired American Thoroughbred jockey, inventor and trainer of racing horses. His racing career ran from 1979 to 2004. With the exception of one race held in 2012. Lovato raced a number of horses, winning 1,686 wins, and he also made the money for another 3,506. This includes winnings in 111 stakes races held at 25 tracks. His horses made an average of $41,795,367. In 1980, he was awarded the Eclipse Award for Apprentice Jockey. Later, he would develop the Equicizer, a simulator for riding horses known as the Equicizer and also created an educational and training programme called Jockey World.

After receiving an GED High School diploma 1979 as a graduation present, Murty named Frankie on his first horse in the month of May that same year in Hialeah. Lovato was then transferred for Belmont Park in New York which was where he remained the exercise director for Murty Stable. He also took part in a few races throughout the summer. He took home his first win on the 9th of October 1979 on “Star T Lee” at the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey for trainer Doug Peterson and Tayhill Stable.

Lovato is very likely the only rider to ever win the same stakes race twice in one meet. He was still an apprentice on August 6, 1980 when he rode Quintessential in the $100,000 DeWitt Clinton Stakes for trainer Johnny Campo at Saratoga Race Course. As the last horse, Move It Now, was preparing to load in a field of 11, the starter accidentally pressed the start button opening the gates and starting the race. With the favorite Move It Now still behind the gates, and other jockeys, assistant starters and horses completely surprised and unprepared, Lovato managed to break cleanly, made the lead and won aboard Quintessential. The race was declared official though a re-run of the race was created two weeks later to make up for the false start mishap. On August 25, the new race was run but under a different name, the West Point Stakes, in which Lovato and Quintessential went on to win for the second time.

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Frank Ranked on the list of most popular Jockey. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Frank Lovato Jr. celebrates birthday on January 30 of every year.