Richard Migliore was born on March 14th 1964 in Babylon New York. As a young boy he rode horses and always enjoyed it. He raced ponies with his friends on weekends and became very good at it.

After watching Forego win the Marlboro Cup in 1976 he decided that he wanted to become a professional jockey. He then quit school at age 14 and went to the racetrack to become a jockey. He got a job with trainor Steve DiMauro and went under contract for him right when he turned 16 years old. He rode his first winner at the Meadowlands in 1980. His career was almost an immeadiate success throughout his apprenticeship winning 269 races in New York a record that still stands today as the most ever by an apprentice and the most for that year for all jockeys. This feat won him the 1981 eclipse award for best apprentice jockey.

His career continued to progress very well winning the Wood Memorial in 1985. He went on to win 4 riding titles in the 80's. He developed the nickname of the "mig" for his tenacious riding style. He has suffered from many near-fatal injuries throughout his career. He has broken his arms, neck, leg, and wrist. The breaking of his leg caused him to miss out on what would have been his first Breeders Cup Winner aboard Artie Schiller.

He has rode several great horses throughout his career. Including champion race mare Hidden Lake, Fourstardave, Thunder Rumble, Wild Again, Storm Cat, Artie Schiller and many more. One of his greatest feats has came recently when he won his 4,000th race aboard Benjamin Baby at Aqueduct, he became the 43rd jockey to do so. He says he considers 5,000 wins a reasonable goal for the future. He considers his career a success and hopes to continue that way and has a true love for the game one which he feels he will never leave.

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