Jockey Chris Emigh

BORN: 01/14/71, Portsmouth, VirginiaRESIDES: Wheaton, IllinoisFAMILY: Kim, wife; Taylor, daughter; Hunter, son.             Chris, who has ridden with continued success since he began his jockey career in 1989, is riding regularly at Oaklawn. He enjoyed an excellent 2009 meeting, posting 34 winners from his 263 mounts, sufficient for third place in the final standings. A power in the stakes department, Chris rode Palanka City to victory in the Spring Fever and Carousel stakes as wellas Prom Shoes in the Essex at the 2009 meeting. At the current 2010 Spa meeting, he rode Racing Bran to triumph in the $100,000 Essex Handicap on February 6.             In recent years, he has been a regular on the Chicago circuit, following Oaklawn.  “Before that, I rode at Louisiana Downs and the Fair Grounds,” he recalled.             Racing first began hearing of Emigh in 1995 when he won the Col. Power Breeders’ Cup on Mr. Cooperative, the Davona Dale Stakes with Legendary Princess and the Shiskabob Handicap astride Blue Concord.In 2001, he rode 130 winners.“I have averaged 125 winners a year since I started riding,” he said.                        He advised his name is German and that he followed his twin brother Aaron to the races. “Aaron, now retired, was a jockey. We moved from Virginia to Louisiana, when dad went to work on off-shore oil rigs.”