Kelly Leak Jockey Eswan Flores

Apprentice jockey Eswan Flores won the first Thoroughbred race of his career aboard Kelly Leak in a claiming race on turf Monday.

Flores, 18, rode his first Thoroughbred race last Friday. Kelly Leak was his fourth Thoroughbred mount. He later finished third on Vikkilee later on Monday’s program.

A high school senior who will graduate this fall, Flores began riding Quarter Horses at Los Alamitos in January, winning with 21 of 205 mounts. He rode Sex on Fire to a fifth-place finish in the $1.1 million Ed Burke Million Futurity on June 26.

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