Jockey Julie Leparoux normally sits on the backs of horses on most days.  Today, he is just as comfortable sitting atop the Jockey Standings at this year’s annual festival of racing at Kentucky Downs. With just one more day of racing left on the 5-day calendar, Leparoux has amassed an impressive statistical sheet. Just consider:

In just 23 mounts, Leparoux has 6 wins, 5 seconds and 3 thirds and has won $1,043,650 in purse money for his owners. That amount to a win percentage of .26, and his horses have hit the board in 61% of the time.  Most impressively, though, is the fact that he’s averaging $45,376.09 in purse money per mount.

In comparison, the second leading rider, so far, is Tyler Gaffalione — who journeyed North from Gulfstream just in time to avoid the hurricane and just in time for the Kentucky Downs meet. In 29 mounts, he has 4 wins, 2 seconds and 1 third.  His horses have earned $564,121 for their respective owners.  His average earnings per horse is $19,452.45.

Here’s a closer look at the Top 25 riders at this year’s meeting, to date:

1 Julien R. Leparoux 23 6 5 3 $1,043,650 26% 14 61%
2 Tyler Gaffalione 29 3 2 7 $564,121 10% 12 41%
3 Florent Geroux 20 4 2 1 $512,254 20% 7 35%
4 Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. 22 3 2 3 $502,761 14% 8 36%
5 Robby Albarado 28 2 3 4 $383,773 7% 9 32%
6 Jose L. Ortiz 18 2 4 0 $356,209 11% 6 33%
7 Ricardo Santana, Jr. 17 1 3 0 $322,026 6% 4 24%
8 Jose Lezcano 10 4 1 2 $297,956 40% 7 70%
9 Drayden Van Dyke 10 1 0 4 $285,106 10% 5 50%
10 Julio A. Garcia 6 1 1 1 $253,633 17% 3 50%
11 Edgar S. Prado 3 1 0 0 $233,805 33% 1 33%
12 Joseph Rocco, Jr. 12 1 2 0 $224,744 8% 3 25%
13 Feargal Lynch 10 2 1 0 $223,127 20% 3 30%
14 Miguel Mena 12 2 0 0 $170,937 17% 2 17%
15 James Graham 23 1 2 4 $158,271 4% 7 30%
16 Jose Valdivia, Jr. 6 2 0 0 $157,086 33% 2 33%
17 Jon Kenton Court 18 1 1 0 $147,909 6% 2 11%
18 Joe Bravo 2 0 1 1 $125,100 0% 2 100%
19 Jorge A. Vargas, Jr. 1 0 1 0 $111,600 0% 1 100%
20 Julie Burke 6 1 1 0 $109,420 17% 2 33%
21 Jack Gilligan 17 0 3 2 $106,956 0% 5 29%
22 Marcelino Pedroza 3 1 0 0 $91,140 33% 1 33%
23 Cesar A. Ordaz 2 1 0 0 $78,972 50% 1 50%
24 Chris Landeros 10 0 2 0 $68,316 0% 2 20%
25 Shaun Bridgmohan 9 0 1 1 $65,436 0% 2 22%