Yedsit Hazlewood

At the conclusion of Laurel's Winter Meet, Yedsit Hazlewood, the runner-up in last year's Eclipse Award balloting for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, easily secured the winter meet's riding title. Hazlewood won 51 races at the meet, 29 more than Angel Cruz. Originally from Panama, Hazlewood, 18, missed a couple of months due to injuries from an automobile accident, yet still achieved 137 victories in 2025, earning $4,451,869. He earned his first riding title last summer at the Maryland State Fair Meet in Timonium and finished the racing season as the leader...

It's been more than 40 years since jockey-turned-trainer Jose Corrales left his native Panama to try to build a career for himself in the U.S. But he still stays in touch with the Panamanian racing community and when he heard that there was a teenager who was receiving rave reviews at the Laffit Pincay Jr. Technical Jockey Training Academy in Panama, he couldn't wait to bring him to his base in Maryland. And Corrales told anyone who would listen that the young rider, Yedsit Hazlewood, wasn't just going to do...