{{redirect|Eugene Rodriguez|the New York politician|Eugene Rodriguez (politician)}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |name = Eugene Rodriguez |image = |caption = |occupation = Jockey |birth_place = Matanzas, Cuba |birth_date = November 14, 1916 |death_date = October 23, 1996 (aged 79) |career wins = Not found |race = Del Mar Handicap (1940)<br />Hollywood Derby (1940)<br />La Jolla Handicap (1940)<br />Santa Catalina Nursery Stakes (1940)<br />Narragansett Special (1950)<br />Providence Stakes (1952)<br />Bahamas Stakes (1956)<br />Grey Handicap (1956)<br />Shady Well Stakes (1956)<br />Seagram Cup (1956)<br />Breeders' Stakes (1956)<br />Marine Stakes (1957)<br />Vandal Stakes (1958)<br />Woodbine Oaks (1958) |awards = |honours = Oriental Park Racetrack Hall of Fame (1980) |horses = Canadian Champ, Crafty Admiral |updated = }} '''Eugene A. Rodriguez''' (November 14, 1916 – October 23, 1996) was a Cuban-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Born in Matanzas, Cuba, Rodriguez began his career in racing at Oriental Park in Havana, a racetrack which in 1980 would induct him in their Hall of Fame. After emigrating to the United States, he competed at racetracks in California where he won a riding title at Del Mar Racetrack in 1940. He went on to race in New York State, New Jersey, Florida<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GJIzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XekFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3976,5779095&dq=eugene+rodriquez+wins&hl=en {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> as well as in Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the latter part of the 1950s. In Toronto he won a number of stakes races at Woodbine Racetrack and the autumn 1956 riding title at Greenwood Raceway.<ref>''Jockey's Guild: History of Race Riding'' by the staff of Turner Publishing Company (1999) {{ISBN|978-1-56311-456-4}}</ref>

Rodriguez notably was aboard the future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame colt Canadian Champ for his wins in the 1956 Seagram Cup and the Breeders' Stakes.

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