title: Miguel Mena
text: # Miguel Mena
  
  Jose Miguel Mena Rodriguez (November 6, 1986 – October 31, 2021) was a Peruvian-born American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who had been competing in the United States from 2003 until his death. He won his 2,000th race in 2020. He was from a Peruvian family involved in horse racing. His father Jose is a retired jockey.
  
  Mena's first horse racing related memory was of Grozny winning the Derby Nacional.
  
  Mena won two Grade 1 races in his career, and in 2015 he swept the major three-year-old stakes races at the Fair Grounds aboard International Star.
  
  Mena was killed on October 31, 2021, when he was struck by the driver of a vehicle as a pedestrian on Interstate 64 in Louisville, Kentucky.
  
  ## Year-end charts
  
  | Chart (2007–present) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007 | 37 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008 | 33 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009 | 44 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2010 | 48 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2011 | 55 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2012 | 33 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2013 | 34 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2014 | 49 |
  | National Earnings List for Jockeys 2015 | 57 |
  