Milestone Win 2,000 for Jockey Campbell
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Jesse Campbell guided in the 2,000th winner of his career May 18 at Woodbine when Sweet Grass Creek won the fourth race.
A homebred of Gustav Schickedanz and trained by Michael Keogh, Sweet Grass Creek took charge midway on the far turn. The son of Wando, a candidate for the Queen’s Plate Stakes, fully extended in the stretch to win by three lengths at 7-1 odds in the 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race.
According to Equibase Co. Campbell's 15,714 career mounts have amassed purse earnings of more than $57.7 million through April 17. His record also includes 2,043 seconds and 2,029 thirds.
Campbell has won 97 stakes, among them 20 graded stakes. His most lucrative victory to date came in 2013 in the $1 million Queen's Plate Stakes aboard Midnight Aria.
An emotional Campbell was moved by Monday's milestone victory.
"It's been a long time coming. There was a time I didn't think I'd get there," said Campbell. "It's been a lot of trips around the track and it means a lot for it to happen here at Woodbine. It's been a special chapter of my career coming here."
Campbell won his first career race at Arlington Park on July 20, 1995, aboard Apostle Island, who was trained by his father, Mike Campbell, and bred by his grandfather. He began riding full time the following year and was the leading apprentice at Hawthorne Race Course.