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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, Jesse M. Campbell, age 37, is an American 
3Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who resides in Barrington and 
4grew up in Lake Zurich; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell achieved a rare professional 
6milestone on May 18, 2015, when he won his 2,000th race aboard 
7Sweet Grass Creek at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada, 
8adding to a career earnings total that fewer than 100 jockeys 
9in the history of the sport have attained; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell has more than 2,000 second-place 
11and more than 2,000 third-place finishes in a distinguished 
12career that includes the 2013 first-place finish aboard 
13Midnight Aria in the Queen's Plate, which is renowned as 
14"Canada's Kentucky Derby"; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell comes from a four-generation horse 
16racing family, which includes his twin brother Joel Campbell, a 
17Chicago-area businessman who also professionally rides 
18Thoroughbreds and has 780 jockey wins, and his father Michael 
19Campbell, a horse trainer who currently serves as president of 
20the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association; and

  
 
21    WHEREAS, Jesse Campbell began his professional riding 
 
 
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1career at age 17 in 1995, winning his first race on July 20 of 
2that year aboard Apostle Island, a horse trained by his father 
3and bred by his grandfather, at Arlington Park Racetrack in 
4Illinois; he quickly gained notoriety the following season as 
5"Apprentice Rider of the Year" at Hawthorne Park Racetrack; 
6nearly 20 years later, he was blessed to have his wife, Allyson 
7Campbell, his daughter, Madison Campbell, and his mother, 
8Janice Campbell, in attendance to celebrate his 2,000th victory 
9at Woodbine; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
12congratulate Jesse Campbell on the occasion of entering that 
13elite status of Thoroughbred jockeys to have won 2,000 races 
14and wish him continued success in the future; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to Jesse Campbell as a symbol of our esteem and 
17respect.