Alberto Delgado, who earned Eclipse Award honors as the champion apprentice jockey in 1982, recorded his first win as a trainer when In Honor of Jeff rallied from last in Sunday's sixth race at Laurel Park, a $12,500 non-winners-of-two claimer for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs.It was the ninth starter saddled by Delgado, who retired from riding to train full time last December.“It feels great. I ran a couple of horses, and they were not running well,” said Delgado. “Even though this horse was training well, you just don't know. I'm just speechless right now.”Jockey Jean Briceno didn't receive any pre-race instructions from Delgado.“I hated it when [trainers] gave me instructions,” Delgado admitted. “Sometimes it took me off my game.”Delgado, a second-generation jockey from Carolina, Puerto Rico, was a hit from his first ride, winning 245 races during his Eclipse Award-winning season. On Aug. 16, 1982, he rode five consecutive winners at Delaware, then drove to Timonium, where he swept the late daily double. He surpassed the 200-win mark in each of the next four years.From 1993 to 1996, Delgado won more than 120 races each year. In 1995, he guided Oliver's Twist to victory in the GIII Federico Tesio Stakes. Four weeks later, Delgado and Oliver's Twist finished second in the GI Preakness Stakes.Delgado, 61, retired from riding with a record of 2,951 wins in 25,534 rides and career earnings of $42,072,982. He earned 115 stakes wins, including 10 graded triumphs.Delgado said that a training win doesn't feel the same as a riding victory.“It's a different emotion,” he said. “I feel like I'm watching my kids play a game, and they're winning. It's great. I love it.”The post Alberto Delgado Earns First Training Victory appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.