Today in Jockey History
Horse Racing Topics: Belmont Stakes - Horse Trainer - Kentucky Derby - Preakness Stakes - Racehorse - Racehorse Owner
Historical Events
Results 1 - 45 of 45
1734-05-20 - 1st Jockey Club forms in SC
1804-08-25 - Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1918-02-26 - Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse & burn, killing 604
1930-10-18 - Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day
1936-05-08 - Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1941-10-19 - 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
1949-04-20 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California
1950-12-31 - Jockeys W Shoemaker & Joe Culmone set record of 388 wins in a year
1952-05-15 - Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1954-08-10 - Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
1955-11-12 - E Arcaro, E Sande & G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame
1957-02-22 - Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
1957-02-28 - Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1958-02-20 - Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
1958-12-31 - Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X
1962-04-03 - Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
1962-07-07 - Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races
1966-03-12 - Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1969-01-28 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in N America
1969-02-07 - Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major US racetrack (Hialeah)
1969-02-11 - Diana Crump becomes 1st US woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1969-02-22 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major US track
1969-03-14 - Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
1970-05-02 - 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
1970-06-07 - Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win
1973-03-01 - Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
1973-07-27 - Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1973-12-15 - Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year
1976-03-14 - Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1981-04-24 - Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
1985-03-03 - Bill Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million
1985-03-03 - Willie Shoemaker becomes 1st jockey to win $100 million
1985-06-23 - Laffit Pincay Jr becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million
1985-08-31 - Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M
1987-07-28 - Angel Cordero Jr becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
1987-10-31 - 1st jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont)
1988-03-06 - Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
1989-02-08 - Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
1989-05-01 - Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
1989-08-03 - 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
1989-12-31 - Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year
1990-02-03 - Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1991-04-08 - Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident
1991-10-17 - Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
1992-05-07 - Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 98 of 98
1853-02-18 - August Belmont Jr, breeder (Man 'O War)/founder (NY Jockey Club)
1857-01-11 - Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey (won 5 Derbys)
1861-04-16 - Isaac Murphy, US jockey (won 628 races)
1874-08-10 - James (Tod) Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style
1898-11-13 - Earl Sande, jockey (Hall of Famer)
1904-05-05 - Gordon Richards, British jockey (winner of 4,870 races)
1907-02-14 - Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer (1958 Racing Hall of Fame)
1916-02-19 - Eddie Arcaro, jockey (1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns)
1920-01-07 - Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
1920-10-31 - Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer (Whip Hand, High Stakes)
1920-12-27 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (d. 2005)
1922-02-14 - Murray the K, American impresario and disk jockey (d. 1982)
1931-08-19 - Willie Shoemaker, jockey (won 8,833 of 40,350 starts)
1934-08-25 - Eddie Ilarde, Filipino disk jockey, television host, and Senator
1935-11-05 - Lester Piggott, British jockey (11 time champ)
1937-04-10 - Stan Mellor, British racehorse trainer/jockey
1940-03-26 - Braulio Baeza, jockey (National Horse Racing Hall of Famer)
1940-12-27 - Jerry Lambert, jockey (rode Native Diver)
1941-03-20 - Carlos Lopez, jockey
1941-07-22 - Ron Turcotte, Canadian jockey
1941-09-16 - Tommy Carberry, jockey
1942-05-08 - Angel Cordero Jr, Santurce PR, jockey (Seattle Slew) [or Nov 8]
1942-06-29 - Larry Snyder, jockey
1942-11-08 - Angel Cordero Jr, jockey (won over 6,000 races) [or May 8]
1942-11-16 - Willie Carson, Scottish jockey
1943-05-10 - Bruce Raymond, jockey
1944-08-14 - Robyn Smith Astaire, jockey/wife of Fred Astaire
1946-12-29 - Laffit Pincay Jr, jockey (Ky Derby 1984, Belmont 1982-84, Swale)
1947-03-13 - Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
1947-03-19 - Earlie Fires, jockey (Hialeah Park)
1948-06-04 - Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey
1948-12-28 - Jorge Velasquez, jockey (Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981)
1950-06-30 - Pablo Castillo, jockey
1950-07-06 - Ramon Guzman, jockey
1951-06-26 - Breyson Cooper, jockey
1952-12-13 - John Francome, English jockey
1953-10-13 - Pat Day, American jockey
1954-05-17 - Michael Roberts, jockey
1954-07-14 - Ralph D'Amico, jockey
1954-10-25 - Mike Eruzione, Winthrop Mass, jockey player (Olympics-gold-1980)
1956-07-07 - Jesus Bazan, jockey
1956-08-22 - Jeff Lloyd, jockey
1956-10-07 - Julio Pezua, jockey
1957-06-22 - Nick Santagata, jockey
1957-08-22 - Randy Romero, Garden City NY, jockey (Breeder's Cup 1987-89)
1957-08-29 - Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey
1957-10-05 - Larry Saumell, jockey
1958-07-13 - Joy Scott, jockey
1959-03-25 - Vince Guerra, jockey
1959-06-29 - Kim Hiett, jockey
1959-07-02 - Hoogie Drexler, jockey
1959-10-02 - Joe Deegan, jockey
1960-03-21 - Dale Baze, jockey
1960-08-24 - David Guillory, jockey
1960-10-06 - Scott Stevens, jockey
1961-03-15 - John Melendez, jockey
1961-05-01 - Steven Cauthen, jockey (1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed)
1961-08-07 - Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey (Derby 1981)
1962-04-17 - Nancy Hogshead, Iowa City, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1984)/model (jockey)
1962-06-19 - Ken Tohill, jockey
1962-06-19 - Sid Fenech, jockey
1962-10-05 - J C Estrada, jockey
1963-03-15 - Don Simington, jockey
1963-05-26 - Eddie Martin Jr, jockey
1963-06-18 - Omar Londono, jockey
1963-07-08 - Pablo Magallon, jockey
1963-07-13 - Martin Meza, jockey
1963-07-24 - Julie Krone, Benton Harbor Mich, jockey (1st female to win Belmont-93)
1964-03-14 - Richard Migliore, jockey
1964-03-17 - Ron Warren Jr, jockey (Bay Meadows)
1964-03-25 - Alex Solls, jockey
1964-05-22 - David Lidberg, jockey
1964-06-24 - David Daniel, jockey
1964-07-02 - Shannon Ritter, jockey
1964-07-10 - Felipe Martinez, jockey
1965-01-18 - Richard Dunwoody, British(?) jockey)
1965-03-01 - Stewart Elliott, Canadian jockey
1965-07-06 - Tim Camargo, jockey
1965-07-14 - Reina Olea, female jockey
1965-08-10 - Mike E. Smith, American jockey
1965-08-20 - Joe Durigon, jockey
1965-08-24 - Casey Lambert, jockey
1966-05-24 - Tommy Turner, jockey
1966-10-06 - Oscar Caballos, jockey
1967-05-25 - Danny Gonzales, jockey
1967-05-27 - Chin Yang, jockey
1967-08-22 - Curt Bourque, jockey
1968-10-05 - Omar Berlo, jockey
1969-03-15 - Yutaka Take, Japanese jockey
1969-03-20 - Paul Atkinson, jockey
1969-06-18 - Fernando Valenzula, jockey
1969-08-20 - Francisco Torres, jockey
1970-02-27 - Kent Desormeaux, American jockey
1970-12-15 - Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
1971-03-15 - Robbie Pratt, jockey
1971-03-22 - Richard Castillo, jockey
1973-06-23 - Mark Larsen, jockey
1987-12-18 - Fernando Jara, Panamanian-American jockey
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 13 of 13
1886-11-08 - Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29
1896-02-12 - Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
1968-08-20 - Earl Sande, US jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69
1988-10-13 - Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY
1991-02-15 - Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1991-06-08 - Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
1996-09-30 - Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76
1997-11-14 - Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
2003-02-14 - Johnny Longden, English jockey (b. 1907)
2003-10-12 - Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (b. 1931)
2005-11-22 - Bruce Hobbs, American jockey (b. 1920)
2006-12-21 - Scobie Breasley, Australian jockey (b. 1914)
2008-01-08 - George Moore, Australian champion jockey (b. 1923)
