Ioritz Mendizabal
Ioritz Mendizabal is a Spanish Basque flat racing jockey, who is long-term based in France. He won his first race in 1990 and joined the stable of Jean-Claude Rouget the following year. Mendizabal is a four-time French flat racing Champion Jockey, winning the Cravache d'Or in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010. He is also active in Arabian horse racing, having won several group 1 races for Arabians.
Mendizabal comes from a family with no horse racing background, as his father works in a bank and his mother is a teacher. He lives in Pau.
Major wins
France- Criterium de Saint-Cloud – – El Bodegon
- Prix du Jockey Club – – Vision d'État, Mishriff , St Mark’s Basilica
- Prix de Diane – – Joan of Arc
- Poule d'Essai des Poulains – – St Mark’s Basilica
- Prix Ganay – – Vision d'État
- Prix Jean Prat - - Puchkine
- Prix de l'Opera – – Lily Of The Valley
- Prix Saint-Alary – – Ask for the Moon, Germance
- Prix Jean Romanet – – Audarya
- Arlington Million – – Spirit One
- Bayerisches Zuchtrennen – – ''Lucky Lion ''