Con Errico (November 4, 1921 - March 21, 1993) was an American

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jockey who went to

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after being convicted of

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. Among his noted race wins, Errico captured the 1949

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aboard the future

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colt,

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and rode

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for part of the 1952 season when the horse was voted U.S. Champion Handicap Male Horse. After twenty-nine years as a jockey, Errico's career came to an end when he was

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on race-fixing charges. In his 1980 New York trial in 2nd Circuit Court (''United States v. Errico'', 635 F. 2d 152), the chief government witness was jockey José Amy who himself would be banned from New York racing for almost twenty-five years for his role in the scandal. Amy testified that Con Errico paid him and other jockeys as much as $7,500 per race to hold back their horses. Convicted, Errico was fined $25,000 and sentenced to 10 years in prison. In poor health, in 1985 he was released from the

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. In 1993, Con Errico was living at

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, when he suffered a stroke after

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and died a short time later on March 21.

References

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''. March 25, 1993.
"Milestones: Racing on Trial"
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''. May 26, 1980.
"Court proceedings and verdict 635 F. 2d 152, ''United States of America, Appellee, v. Con Errico, Appellant''"
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