{{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 />[[Robert B. Lewis Stakes|Santa Catalina Nursery Stakes]] (1940)<br />[[Narragansett Special]] (1950)<br />[[Providence Stakes]] (1952)<br />[[Bahamas Stakes]] (1956)<br />[[Grey Stakes|Grey Handicap]] (1956)<br />[[Shady Well Stakes]] (1956)<br />[[Seagram Cup Stakes|Seagram Cup]] (1956)<br />[[Breeders' Stakes]] (1956)<br />[[Marine Stakes]] (1957)<br />[[Vandal Stakes]] (1958)<br />[[Woodbine Oaks]] (1958) |awards = |honours = [[Oriental Park Racetrack|Oriental Park Racetrack Hall of Fame]] (1980) |horses = [[Canadian Champ]], Crafty Admiral |updated = }} '''Eugene A. Rodriguez''' (November 14, 1916 – October 23, 1996) was a [[Cuba]]n-born [[jockey]] in [[United States|American]] [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing]].
Born in [[Matanzas]], [[Cuba]], Rodriguez began his career in racing at [[Oriental Park Racetrack|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 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|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 Stakes|Seagram Cup]] and the [[Breeders' Stakes]].
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