Emile Ramsammy

Emile Ramsammy (born December 11, 1962, in Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing Champion jockey. He had more than 500 victories racing in the Caribbean before emigrating to Canada in the early 1990s.

Emile Ramsammy
Occupation	Jockey
Born	(1962-12-11) 11 December 1962 (age 61) Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Career wins	2005+ (ongoing)
Major racing wins
Barbados Gold Cup (1985, 1987, 1988) Princess Elizabeth Stakes (1994, 2004) Eclipse Stakes (1995) Sir Barton Stakes (1995, 2001) Swynford Stakes (1995, 1999, 2000) Wonder Where Stakes (1995, 2003) Toronto Cup Stakes (1997) New Providence Stakes (1997, 2004) Vandal Stakes (1997) Baldwin Stakes (1999) Col. R. S. McLaughlin Stakes (1999) Nearctic Stakes (1999) Connaught Cup Stakes (2000, 2001) Coronation Futurity Stakes (2000) Deputy Minister Stakes (2000, 2001, 2002) Display Stakes (2000) Victoria Stakes (2000) Bison City Stakes (2001) Bull Page Stakes (2001) Clarendon Stakes (2002) Highlander Handicap (2002) Jacques Cartier Stakes (2002) Vigil Stakes (2002, 2003, 2008) Royal North Stakes (2002, 2007) Maple Leaf Stakes (2003, 2004) Seagram Cup Stakes (2003, 2004, 2005) Vice Regent Stakes (2003, 2005) Turf Paradise Derby (2004) Natalma Stakes (2004, 2006) Dance Smartly Stakes (2005) Overskate Stakes (2005, 2006) Nijinsky Stakes (2007) Hill 'n' Dale Stakes (2007) Star Shoot Stakes (2008) Selene Stakes (2007, 2008) Marine Stakes (2008) Frost King Stakes (2009) Mazarine Stakes (2010) Canadian Classic Race wins: Queen's Plate (1996, 2006)
Racing awards
Barbadian Champion jockey by wins (1986, 1989) Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey (1996, 1997) Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (2011)

Ramsammy has won a number of important graded stakes races in Canada including the 1996 and 2006 Queen's Plate, the country's most prestigious race. He was voted the 1996 and 1997 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Jockey in Canada. In 2011 he won the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award for his contributions to the sport of Thoroughbred racing in Canada.

References

• Emile Ramsammy at the NTRA

Year-end charts

Chart (2000–present)	Peak position
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2000	39
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2001	27
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2002	25
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2003	23
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2004	30
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005	54
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2006	58
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007	42
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008	44
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009	42
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2010	41
National Earnings List for Jockeys 2011	78