John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both years was given the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. He was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, rode his 5,000th winner in 2013, and became the leading money-earning jockey in the history of the sport in 2014. A winner of fifteen Breeders' Cup and six Triple Crown races including 2011, 2017, and 2020 Kentucky Derbies, Velázquez has also won major graded stakes races such as the Kentucky Oaks, Metropolitan Handicap, Whitney Handicap, Dubai World Cup, and Woodbine Mile. (en)
ジョン・ヴェラスケス（John R. Velazquez 、1971年11月24日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国の騎手。プエルトリコ出身。 (ja)
John Velazquez, född 24 november 1971 i Carolina, Puerto Rico, är en puertoricansk jockey som är verksam i USA. Han är en av USA:s mest framgångsrika galoppjockeys, och har tagit över 6 000 segrar. Han valdes in i Horse Racing Hall of Fame 2012. (sv)
ジョン・ヴェラスケス（John R. Velazquez 、1971年11月24日 - ）は、アメリカ合衆国の騎手。プエルトリコ出身。 (ja)
John Velazquez, född 24 november 1971 i Carolina, Puerto Rico, är en puertoricansk jockey som är verksam i USA. Han är en av USA:s mest framgångsrika galoppjockeys, och har tagit över 6 000 segrar. Han valdes in i Horse Racing Hall of Fame 2012. (sv)
John R. Velazquez (born November 24, 1971) is a Puerto Rican jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in Puerto Rico and moved to New York in 1990. In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both years was given the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. He was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, rode his 5,000th winner in 2013, and became the leading money-earning jockey in the history of the sport in 2014. (en)