HR0528 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Jesse M. Campbell, age 37, is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who resides in Barrington and grew up in Lake Zurich; and

WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell achieved a rare professional milestone on May 18, 2015, when he won his 2,000th race aboard Sweet Grass Creek at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, adding to a career earnings total that fewer than 100 jockeys in the history of the sport have attained; and

WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell has more than 2,000 second-place and more than 2,000 third-place finishes in a distinguished career that includes the 2013 first-place finish aboard Midnight Aria in the Queen's Plate, which is renowned as "Canada's Kentucky Derby"; and

WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell comes from a four-generation horse racing family, which includes his twin brother Joel Campbell, a Chicago-area businessman who also professionally rides Thoroughbreds and has 780 jockey wins, and his father Michael Campbell, a horse trainer who currently serves as president of the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association; and

WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell began his professional riding career at age 17 in 1995, winning his first race on July 20 of that year aboard Apostle Island, a horse trained by his father and bred by his grandfather, at Arlington Park Racetrack in Illinois; he quickly gained notoriety the following season as "Apprentice Rider of the Year" at Hawthorne Park Racetrack; nearly 20 years later, he was blessed to have his wife, Allyson Campbell, his daughter, Madison Campbell, and his mother, Janice Campbell, in attendance to celebrate his 2,000th victory at Woodbine; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Jesse Campbell on the occasion of entering that elite status of Thoroughbred jockeys to have won 2,000 races and wish him continued success in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Jesse Campbell as a symbol of our esteem and respect.