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2003 Willie Shoemaker, jockey, dies at 72
1997 Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81 1996 Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey, dies at 72 1996 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76 1995 Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53 1995 Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57 1995 Kenny Everett, disc Jockey, dies at 50 1992 Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races 1991 Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races 1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43 1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident 1991 Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack 1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race 1989 Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year 1989 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez) 1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days 1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days 1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York 1988 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories) 1987 1st jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont) 1987 Angel Cordero, Jr. becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races 1985 Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M 1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million 1985 Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million 1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race 1973 Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year 1973 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners 1973 Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen 1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1970 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win 1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump) 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track 1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah 1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah) 1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America 1968 Earl Sande, U.S. jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69 1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins) 1965 Richard Dunwoody, British jockey 1964 Alex Solis, born in Panama City, Panama, jockey, in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame, over 4,500 career wins 1964 Ron Warren, Jr., jockey, Bay Meadows 1963 Julie Krone, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, jockey, 1st female to win Belmont-93 1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races 1962 Nancy Hogshead, born in Iowa City, swimmer 1984 Olympics gold model, jockey 1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races) 1961 Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey, Derby 1981 1961 Steven Cauthen, jockey, 1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed 1958 Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X 1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner 1957 Randy Romero, Garden City, New York, jockey, Breeder's Cup 1987-89 1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory 1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win 1955 E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame 1954 Mike Eruzione, Winthrop Massachusetts, jockey player, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins 1952 John Francome, born in Swindon, England, jockey, National Hunt Champion Jockey seven times, apprenticed with Fred Winter, presenter for horseracing broadcasts on Channel 4 1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners 1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California 1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey 1948 Jorge Velasquez, jockey, Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981 1947 Simon Bates, born in Birmingham, English, UK disc jockey, worked at BBC Radio 1 1976 - 1993, and Classic FM 1947 Earlie Fires, jockey, Hialeah Park 1946 Laffit Pincay, Jr., jockey, Kentucky Derby 1984, Belmont 1982 - 1984, Swale 1945 Jim Palmer, New York City, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman 1944 Robyn Smith Astaire, jockey/wife of Fred Astaire 1942 Stuart Henry, British disc jockey 1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico 1940 Jerry Lambert, jockey, rode Native Diver 1940 Don Imus, radio disc jockey, WNBC 1940 Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer 1937 Stan Mellor, British racehorse trainer and jockey 1936 Gary Owens, Mitchell, South Dakota, disc jockey/TV host, Laugh, Indiana, Gong Show 1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track 1935 Lester Piggott, British jockey, 11 time champ 1931 Willie Shoemaker, jockey, won 8,833 of 40,350 starts 1930 Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day 1928 Brian Matthew, British disc jockey 1924 Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey 1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes 1920 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer 1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604 1916 Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns 1907 Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame 1904 Gordon Richards, British jockey, winner of 4,870 races 1898 Earl Sande, jockey, Hall of Famer 1896 Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35 1886 Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29 1874 James, Tod, Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style 1861 Isaac Murphy, U.S. jockey, won 628 races 1857 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey, won 5 Derbys 1853 August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, founder, New York Jockey Club 1804 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England) 1734 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina |
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