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Luan Machado
Record at Keeneland
Career Firsts
Starters in the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes
At Keeneland
Machado scored his first win here during the 2019 Fall Meet.
First stakes win at Keeneland was aboard Next in the 2022 Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance (G2) on the undercard of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
On opening day of the 2026 Spring Meet, won the Central Bank Ashland (G1) on Percy’s Bar.
Other stakes wins: the 2024 Perryville (G3) on Brunacini and the Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3) on Chop Chop; the 2025 Bowman Mill on Gallivant.
Career
North American career record through April 15, 2026, is 759 wins with mount earnings of $38 million.
Click here for his Equibase record.
Background
Luan Machado was a successful jockey in his native Brazil before he started riding races in the U.S. in 2018. He closed the year with 21 wins from 109 mounts. His stats improved each season as he established himself in Kentucky year-round. He has been leading rider at Turfway Park several times.
Machado’s best season thus far was 2025 when he won 132 races from 1,003 mounts that earned $12.6 million. He also had his best Breeders’ Cup finish when Percy’s Bar finished third in the NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar. She prepped for the race with a runner-up in the Darley Alcibiades (G1). One race later, Machado guided Street Beast to fourth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1). Both horses are trained by Keeneland-based Ben Colebrook.
Machado’s younger brother Dylan was a standout jockey in Brazil who won his first North American race soon after he arrived here. That win came Nov. 28, 2025, at Churchill Downs aboard Good Money. Dylan Machado segued to the Turfway meet, where he was among the leading riders at the end of the 2026 winter meeting. He then competed at Keeneland during the 2026 Spring Meet.
Another brother, Muriel Machado also rode races in Brazil. He works as a valet and assists his brothers.