Heliodoro Gustines

Heliodoro Gustines
Heliodoro Gustines
Occupation	Jockey
Born	1940; Panama City, Panama
Career wins	Not found
Major racing wins
	Queens County Handicap (1960, 1967); Lexington Handicap (1961); Long Island Handicap (1961, 1966); Man O' War Stakes (1961); New York Handicap (1961, 1970); Edgemere Handicap (1962); Coaching Club American Oaks (1963); United Nations Handicap (1964); Stuyvesant Handicap (1964, 1976); Woodbine Oaks Stakes (1965); Ladies Handicap (1967); Black Helen Handicap (1968); Comely Stakes (1968); Tremont Stakes (1968); Dwyer Stakes (1968, 1973); Saranac Handicap (1968, 1973); Woodward Stakes (1968, 1974, 1975); Fashion Stakes (1969); Prince of Wales Stakes (1969); Stymie Handicap (1969); Monmouth Handicap (1970); Morris Handicap (1971); Columbiana Handicap (1973); Cowdin Stakes (1973); Roamer Handicap (1973); Alabama Stakes (1974); E. P. Taylor Stakes (1974); Jockey Club Gold Cup (1974); Vosburgh Stakes (1974); Carter Handicap (1974, 1975); Brooklyn Handicap (1974, 1975, 1976); Widener Handicap (1974, 1975, 1976); Metropolitan Handicap (1976); Royal Palm Handicap (1976) American Classic Race wins:; Belmont Stakes (1968)
Significant horses
	Chompion, Lamb Chop, Forego,; Northern Queen, Stage Door Johnny,; Stop The Music

Heliodoro Gustines (born 1940 in Panama City, Panama) is a retired Panamanian-born jockey and horse trainer. In 1967, Time magazine called him "the best grass-course rider in the United States".^[1]

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Gustines is best known as a jockey of U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Forego whom he rode in 31 consecutive races, winning 21 of them.^[2] The most important win in his riding career came in an American Classic Triple Crown race on June 1, 1968, when he rode Stage Door Johnny to victory in 2:27 1/5 in the Belmont Stakes.^[3] The following year, aboard Sharp-Eyed Quillo, he won the second leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, the Prince of Wales Stakes.^[4]