Drayden Van Dyke (born September 10, 1994, in Louisville, Kentucky) is a jockey in thoroughbred racing. At graded stakes races, Van Dyke has won 67 events ranging from Grade I to Grade III. Of these wins, Van Dyke has won both the Starlet Stakes and Yellow Ribbon Handicap four times. As a Breeders' Cup jockey, Van Dyke won the Turf Sprint event at the 2018 Breeders' Cup. He was also runner-up at the Breeders' Cup Mile event in 2018 and the Dirt Mile at the 2021 Breeders' Cup. As a Triple Tiara and Triple Crown and racer, Van Dyke was second at the 2017 Alabama Stakes and fourth at the 2018 Kentucky Derby. He was voted the 2014 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, the highest national honor for an American apprentice rider. In 2018, Van Dyke tied the record for most Del Mar races won in one day with Victor Espinoza. In his overall career, Van Dyke has won over 770 races and accumulated more than $49 million in prize winnings. Early life and education Van Dyke was born in Louisville, Kentucky on September 10, 1994. While he lived in Louisville with his father Seth Van Dyke, he also lived in Hot Springs, Arkansas with his mother. In Hot Springs, Van Dyke did not receive a spot to a high school basketball team due to his height. During his early teens, Van Dyke began his equestrian career as a hot walker before he wanted to become a jockey like his father. For his training, Van Dyke was an exercise rider for James Baker at Oaklawn Park before he started working at Churchill Downs for Tom Proctor. He then went to Ocala, Florida to train horses at Glen Hill Farm in 2012. Racing career On November 21, 2013, at Hollywood Park Racetrack, aboard only the second mount of his career, Drayden Van Dyke won his first race. He earned his first riding title in 2018 when he was the leading jockey at Del Mar Racetrack for both the summer and fall meets. In graded stake races, Van Dyke's first win was at the 2014 Pucker Up Stakes at the Grade III event before winning his 23rd Grade III event in 2021. During these years, Van Dyke was a two-time winner at the Jimmy Durante Stakes and Torrey Pines Stakes. As a grade II jockey, Van Dyke first won the 2015