With more than 4,000 trips to the winner's circle and boasting more than a dozen racing titles in California, Alix Solis is a rider known for his perfect form on a horse and extreme physical fitness. Solis began his 25-year career in his home country of Panama but quickly made the leap to the United States racing circuit to seek his fortune.

Solis was interested in horse racing from the time he was a boy when he attended races with his father in Panama. At the age of 14, he enrolled in the Panama Jockey School where he learned the basics of horseracing, graduating from the school in 1981. Solis then won his first race at Presidente Remon, Panama before moving to Florida in 1982 to continue his apprenticeship and try his hand on the American circuits.

After a short stay in Florida, where he became leading rider on the Gulfstream, Hialeah and Calder circuits, Solis moved to Southern California in 1985. Subsequently, his career as a jockey took off when he won the Preakness in 1986 aboard Snow Chief. In 1991, Solis had three consecutive third place finishes in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes. He has finished second in the Kentucky Derby three out of the four times.