(Jockey Miguel Mena / All Photos by Holly M. Smith)

As first reported by “The Daily Racing Form’s” Mary McGee, jockey Miguel Mena was killed on Sunday night when he was struck by a car while walking on I-64 in East Louisville.

According to the report, Mena — who won the rider’s title at the Fair Grounds several times and has been a top rider on the Kentucky circuit in recent history — was struck as a pedestrian on the busy Interstate highway between the exchanges of Blankenbaker and Hurstbourne Lane.

The news, according to McGee, was confirmed by trainer Al Stall, Jr., who was a close friend of Mena, and one of the conditioners that utilized his riding services on many occasions in Kentucky and in Louisiana.

Mena, who was 34 years old, rode 2,079 winners in his career, which was often described as brilliant.

Here’s a look at Mena’s most recent riding statistics:

Career 16,232 2,079 2,134 2,046 $72,476,889 $4,465 13% 39% N/A
2021 516 49 56 58 $2,867,960 $5,558 9% 32%
2020 608 65 57 53 $2,397,761 $3,944 11% 29%
2019 1,001 109 108 116 $5,613,657 $5,608 11% 33%
2018 335 41 39 36 $1,328,990 $3,967 12% 35%
2017 932 125 113 99 $4,290,503 $4,604 13% 36%
2016 881 103 114 118 $3,979,781 $4,517 12% 38%
2015 822 101 98 119 $4,396,608 $5,349 12% 39%
2014 923 120 139 127 $4,478,010 $4,852 13% 42%
2013 995 126 146 140 $5,535,176 $5,563 13% 41%
2012 1,081 172 158 128 $6,267,110 $5,798 16% 42%
2011 840 108 133 109 $4,305,322 $5,125 13% 42%
2010 992 122 134 119 $4,751,103 $4,789 12% 38%
2009 1,160 148 166 168 $5,027,458 $4,334 13% 42%
2008 1,339 184 174 174 $6,035,697 $4,508 14% 40%
2007 1,451 215 197 190 $5,856,749 $4,036 15% 41%
2006 1,116 166 166 143 $2,800,836 $2,510 15% 43%
2005 668 66 74 81 $1,529,156 $2,289 10% 33%
2004 423 46 51 50 $829,357 $1,961 11% 35%
2003 149 13 11 18 $185,655 $1,246 9% 28%

(Stats Compiled by Equibase)