At the conclusion of Laurel's Winter Meet, Yedsit Hazlewood, the runner-up in last year's Eclipse Award balloting for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey, easily secured the winter meet's riding title. Hazlewood won 51 races at the meet, 29 more than Angel Cruz.
Originally from Panama, Hazlewood, 18, missed a couple of months due to injuries from an automobile accident, yet still achieved 137 victories in 2025, earning $4,451,869.
He earned his first riding title last summer at the Maryland State Fair Meet in Timonium and finished the racing season as the leader in the standings at Laurel Park's Fall Meeting.
Hazlewood currently ranking second in the nation in wins.
Leading the training standings, Jamie Ness led the winter meet for the fourth consecutive year.
Ness notched 18 victories, three more than Hugh McMahon and Jose Corrales.
Ness, 51, from Heron, South Carolina, has now earned eight training titles in Maryland. He started Sunday's card with 4,952 lifetime victories and became the 16th trainer in history to reach 4,000 wins in North America.
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