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ﾃ］gel Cordero Jr.
ﾃ］gel Tomﾃ｡s Cordero Jr. (born November 8, 1942) is a Puerto Rican jockey. He is known for being one of the winningest Thoroughbred horse racing jockeys of the late 20th-century and the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the United States' Racing Hall of Fame. He led all jockeys in wins at Saratoga Race Course for thirteen years. Cordero rode three Kentucky Derby winners and won over 6000 races in his career. Early years Cordero was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico where he began racing at a young age. His father, ﾃ］gel Cordero Sr., was a rider and Thoroughbred trainer. His grandfather and uncles were also riders and horse trainers. His hometown in America is on Long Island, NY. American Classic Races Cordero was the first Puerto Rican jockey to win all three of the American Classic Races, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, though not all in the same year. In 1974, when he was 31, Cordero won the Kentucky Derby aboard Cannonade. He won the Derby t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual who rode horses in racing. They must be light, typically around a weight of 100窶120 lb. (45窶55 kg), and physically fit. They are typically self-employed, and are paid a small fee from the horse trainer, whose colors they wear while competing in a race. They also receive a percentage of the horse's winnings. The job has a very high risk of debilitating or life-threatening injuries, not only from racing accidents but also, because of strict weight restrictions, from eating disorders. Originally, in most countries, the jockeys were all male. Over time, female jockeys have been allowed to ride; thus, now there are many successful and well-known female jockeys. The participation of African American joc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belmont Stakes
The Belmont Stakes is an American Graded stakes race, Grade I stakes Thoroughbred racing, race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. It is run over the worldwide classic distance of . Colt (horseracing), Colts and geldings carry a weight of ; filly (horseracing), fillies carry . The race, nicknamed The Test of the Champion, The Test of Champions and The Run for the Carnations, is the traditional third and final leg of Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), the Triple Crown. It is usually held on the first or second Saturday in June, five weeks after the Kentucky Derby and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes. The 1973 Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown winner Secretariat (horse), Secretariat holds the track record (which is also a world record on dirt) of 2:24. The race covers one full lap of Belmont Park, known as "The Championship Track" because nearly every major American champion in racing history has competed on the racetrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waya
Waya (1974窶2001) was a French Thoroughbred World Record holding racehorse who competed successfully in France and was a Champion in the United States. She was bred by the prominent French horseman Daniel Wildenstein through his breeding company, Dayton Ltd. Out of the mare War Path, her sire was Wildenstein's stallion Faraway Son, a Group 1 winner and the 1971 French Champion Miler. Racing in France In 1977, the three-year-old Waya competed in France for Daniel Wildenstein, where she was conditioned for racing by the Argentine-born trainer Angel Penna, a future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. A winner in her debut at Saint-Cloud Racecourse, Waya also won the Group 3 Prix de Royaumont at Chantilly and the Group 2 Prix de l'Opﾃｩra at Longchamp. She ended her French racing career in October 1977 with a record of three wins, two seconds, and a third from her eight starts. Sent to the United States For the 1978 racing season, Waya and her trainer Angel Penna competed on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bold Forbes
Bold Forbes (March 31, 1973 窶 August 9, 2000) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse, winner of the 1976 Kentucky Derby and 1976 Belmont Stakes. Background Bold Forbes was a bay horse bred in Kentucky by Lee Eaton. Bold Forbes' dam Comely Nell was a daughter of the Kentucky Oaks winner Nellie L. Racing career 1975: two-year-old season Bold Forbes was campaigned in Puerto Rico as a two-year-old, where he won seven of eight starts in 1975. He was then transferred to the United States where he won the Saratoga Special Stakes and the Tremont Stakes. 1976: three-year-old season As a three-year-old Bold Forbes was trained by Laz Barrera. He won the San Jacinto Stakes, Wood Memorial Stakes and Bay Shore Stakes. On the first Saturday in May 1976, Bold Forbes contested the Kentucky Derby. Ridden by Angel Cordero, he led from the start, setting a "blistering pace", and won by half a length from the 2/5 favourite Honest Pleasure. In the Preakness Stakes Bold Forbes again took an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Racing And Hall Of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred horse racing, Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and Horse trainer, trainers. In 1955, the museum moved to its current location on Union Avenue near Saratoga Race Course, at which time inductions into the hall of fame began. Each spring, following the tabulation of the final votes, the announcement of new inductees is made, usually during Kentucky Derby Week in early May. The actual inductions are held in mid-August during the Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga race meeting. The Hall of Fame's nominating committee selects eight to ten candidates from among the four Contemporary categories (colts and horses, fillies and mares, jockey and trainer) to be presented to the voters. Changes in voting procedures that commenced with the 2010 candidates allow the voters to choose multiple candidates from a single Contemporary category, instead of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Venezia Memorial Award
Mike Venezia Memorial Award is an American Thoroughbred horse race, Thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually by the New York Racing Association to honor a jockey who exemplifies extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship. The award was created in 1989 to honor the memory of jockey Mike Venezia, who was killed in a racing accident in October, 1988 at Belmont Park. The award is determined by voting from jockeys, turf writers and racing fans. The winner is announced in July of each year and at a ceremony held in the fall, each recipient receives a 13-inch bronze sculpture with a title that reads, "''The Jockey, A Champion''." Recipients * 1989 : Mike Venezia (''Posthumous recognition, posthumously'') * 1990 : Bill Shoemaker * 1991 : Chris McCarron * 1992 : ﾃ］gel Cordero Jr. * 1993 : Jerry Bailey * 1994 : Mike E. Smith * 1995 : Pat Day * 1996 : Laffit Pincay Jr. * 1997 : Robbie Davis * 1998 : Eddie Maple * 1999 : Gary Stevens (jockey), Gary Stevens * 2000 : Jorge F. Chavez * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Sport Of Turfdom Award
The Big Sport of Turfdom Award has been given annually by the Turf Publicists of America since 1966 to a person or group who enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with the media and Thoroughbred racing publicists. The Turf Publicists of America, founded in 1951, is made up of approximately 180 Thoroughbred racing publicists and marketing executives at various racetracks throughout North America with the shared goal of promoting the sport of Thoroughbred racing. Two-time recipients of the Big Sport of Turfdom Award include Penny Chenery (1973 and 2017), Laffit Pincay Jr. (1985 and 2000), Bob Baffert (1997 and 2015, the latter as part of Team American Pharoah), Mike Smith (2014 and 2015, the former as part of Team Zenyatta), and Ken McPeek (2002 and 2024). List of Big Sport of Turfdom Award winners *2024 窶 Ken McPeek *2023 窶 Jena Antonucci *2022 窶 Cody Dorman, namesake of Cody's Wish *2021 窶 Brad Cox *2020 窶 Tom Amoss *2019 窶 Mark Casse *20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eclipse Award For Outstanding Jockey
The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey is an American thoroughbred horse racing honor for jockeys first awarded in 1971. Part of the Eclipse Awards program, it is awarded annually. Panamanian jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. won the inaugural award in 1971 and was the first jockey to win consecutively (1973 and 1974). His subsequent wins in 1979 and 1985 brought his total wins to five, a number only surpassed by American jockey Jerry Bailey, who holds the record with seven. Bailey won his first three consecutively from 1995 to 1997, before winning another four consecutively from 2000 to 2003. His latter four consecutive wins are a record, only matched by Venezuelan jockey Javier Castellano's four wins from 2013 to 2016. The most recent winner, Irad Ortiz Jr. also has five wins, tied with Pincay Jr. for second all-time behind Bailey. Winners Records Most wins: * 7 - Jerry Bailey (1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003) * 5 - Laffit Pincay, Jr. (1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1985) * 5 - I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
