Cory has won over 20 leading riding titles with his jockeys between nine different tracks.
From a family devoted to racing, Cory started out at an early age running his father’s (John (JJ) stable then moved on to Central Florida breaking yearlings; In early to mid 80’s took a job galloping horses for the Evergreen Stable with trainer Lucien Laurin at Arlington Park.
JOCKEY HISTORY
Paco Lopez
(BASED NJ/FLORIDA)
Joe Bravo
(BASED/NJ)
Jairo Rendon
(BASED/NJ)
Latest News
Charlene’s Dream Steals the Show in Beverly D.
August 14, 2025
In what was an anticipated clash between grade 1 winner Be Your Best and multiple graded stakes victress Beach Bomb , it was the up-and-coming Charlene’s Dream who stole the show in the $501,200 Beverly D. Stakes (G2T) Aug. 9 at Colonial Downs. The race played perfectly into Javier Castellano’s hands. Breaking on top with Be Your Best to Charlene’s Dream’s inside, […]
Aye Eye Impresses In Last-To-First Win at Saratoga
August 12, 2025
In the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 8, 2-year-old first-time starter Aye Eye bumped the gate at the break, broke slowly, lagged 19 1/2 lengths behind, and ran one of the most impressive races of the summer meeting. The connections of Aye Eye were more like “ai yi yi” when the gates opened and their horse was literally […]
Bring Theband Home Streaks Home On Front End In Harvey Pack For Stakes Breakthrough
July 7, 2025
There was no catching Live Oak Plantation’s blazing hot Bring Theband Home as he wired the field in Friday’s $150,000 Harvey Pack (L), a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for older horses on Day 2 of the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse and piloted by […]
Dream On splits horses, powers home in Penn Mile
July 3, 2025
Trainer Mark Casse finally caught a glimpse of 3-year-old colt Dream On’s potential when he powered home to win the Grade 3, $400,000 Penn Mile on Friday at Penn National. The improving runner saved all the ground early and got the better of two stampeding rivals in the stretch to win by a length. Three […]
Morley and Castellano’s Poker plan works perfectly
June 9, 2025
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Trainer Tom Morley and jockey Javier Castellano met early Thursday morning to go over a game plan for how to approach the Grade 3 Poker Stakes at Saratoga with their horse Donegal Momentum. Later in the morning, after scratches came out – and Filo Di Arianna was withdrawn – Morley called […]
Macho Music Hits Right Notes in Pat Day Mile Romp
May 7, 2025
The Churchill Downs winner’s circle doubled as a happy film room for trainer Rohan Crichton and jockey Javier Castellano—both smiling—as they relived Macho Music ‘s May 3 wire-to-wire win in the $539,500 Pat Day Mile Stakes (G2). Castellano said the key was the first quarter where his plan was to get the lead unless another […]
Dream On gets perfect ride by Castellano to take Woodhaven
April 29, 2025
The connections of Kentucky Derby contender Sandman have even more reason to continue dreaming. Dream On, a 3-year-old turf horse owned by D J Stable and trained by Mark Casse – who next Saturday will send out Sandman in the Kentucky Derby – benefitted from a beautiful trip under Javier Castellano to win Saturday’s […]
Governor Sam Hits Board in BC Juvenile Turf Sprint
November 4, 2024
For a moment, it appeared Bregman Family Racing and Swinbank Stables’ Governor Sam might run away with the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T) Nov. 1 at Del Mar. The son of Improbable jumped out to an early lead before losing steam mere strides from the wire and finishing third to late-surging Magnum Force and Arizona Blaze . Despite the third, […]
Future Is Now holds off Star of Mystery, sets stakes record with Franklin triumph
October 15, 2024
LEXINGTON, KY. — Future Is Now’s present continues to be bright on Sunday, as the mare scored her fourth stakes victory of the year in emphatic fashion with a stakes-record time as she held off hard-luck Star of Mystery in the Grade 2, $350,000 Franklin Stakes for fillies and mares sprinting on the Keeneland turf. […]
Future Is Now Sets Stakes Record in Franklin
October 14, 2024
If there was an Eclipse Award for top female turf sprinter, it would be hard to argue against voting for R. Larry Johnson’s Future Is Now . The 4-year-old Great Notion filly has quietly put together as good five months as anyone in Thoroughbred racing, culminating in her stakes-record-setting victory in the $303,244 Franklin Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland Oct. 13. Starting the […]
Latest Videos
There was no catching Live Oak Plantation’s blazing hot Bring Theband Home as he wired the field in Friday’s $150,000 Harvey Pack (L), a 5 1/2-furlong Mellon turf sprint for older horses on Day 2 of the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.
Trained by Hall of Famer Mark Casse and piloted by fellow enshrine Javier Castellano, the son of Into Mischief completed the course in 59.90 seconds, just one-tenth off the track and North American record of 59.80 set by Cogburn in last year’s Grade 1 Jaipur. He notched his first stakes victory on the heels of a close second in an optional claiming sprint on May at Gulfstream Park.
“I didn’t give any [instructions],” Casse said. “Javier knows him good. That was amazing. He loves this place. That was impressive.
“Early on, I thought this was a really, really good horse,” Casse continued. “Like a Breeders’ Cup horse, and he kind of let me down, but he’s had some little issues. But today we saw what I had expected of him for a long time. Now, we just have to keep him this way.”
American Monarch came under a ride in the center of the course with Outlaw Kid finding his best stride to the inside at the top of the lane while Bring Theband Home had already kicked clear as he marked the half-mile in :43.52. Outlaw Kid gave game chase with Works for Me unleashing a strong turn of foot late along the rail, but Bring Theband Home was never seriously threatened and soared through the wire 4 1/4 lengths clear.
Castellano, who guided Bring Theband Home to two allowance level victories last year, said he let the 5-year-old gelding do what came naturally.
“I had a lot of confidence before the race because he likes firm ground,” Castellano added. “Turf, firm and he likes it here. He won last year the same way, and he is very capable to do that, and I am very satisfied with the way he did it today.”
Flavien Prat, aboard the dual stakes-winning New York-bred Works for Me, said Bring Theband Home was too fast to catch.
“My horse ran a good race. He was just second best today,” Prat concluded. “He’s not the quickest, but I was in a good spot. That horse just ran away from us.”
Bring Theband Home made just his second stakes appearance, improving from an eighth in the Grade 2 Nearctic in October at Woodbine Racetrack. He banked $82,500 for his Harvey Pack victory while returning $9.30 on a $2 win ticket.
Photo Gallery
