Arcaro at Jamaica
Photography of horse sports
This photographic portrait features jockey Eddie Arcaro at Jamaica Race Course on April 13, 1948.
Arcaro, known as the “Master” of U.S. racing, ascended to the country’s premier jockey status for much of the mid-20th century.
He claimed a record 17 wins in Triple Crown races during his 30-year career, boasting two Triple Crown wins aboard Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948).
Arcaro led the country in earnings in 1940, 1942, 1948, 1950, 1952, and 1955. Upon his retirement in 1961, he had 24,092 mounts, with 4,779 wins and earnings that exceeded $30 million.
Arcaro remains the only jockey to have won more than one Triple Crown.
Bernard Stanley Morgan
Morgan A60853
1948-04-13
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Fred Littlefield
Photography of horse sports
This photograph, taken around 1895, features jockey Fred Littlefield with escort after an injury.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.1 p.14 i.1214
Circa 1895
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Willie Simms
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features jockey Willie Simms after his 1897 Suburban Handicap victory on Ben Brush at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York City.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.1 p.6 i.568
1897
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At Gravesend
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features a group of jockeys at Gravesend Race Track in Brooklyn, New York City on September 21, 1904.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.3 p.75 i.2209
1904-09-21
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Arthur Redfern
Photography of horse sports
This photographic portrait features jockey Arthur Redfern in 1904. Redfern was ranked 6th in the country with 146 wins that year.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.4 p.4 i.1640
1904
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Coney Island Jockeys
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features a group of jockeys at the Coney Island Jockey Club's Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn, New York City in June 1908.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.6 p.36 i.4568
June 1908
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Savannah Jockey Club
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features a group of jockeys weighing in at the Savannah Jockey Club in Savannah, Georgia during the 1909 Winter Meet.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.6 p.62 i.4831
1909
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At Belmont
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features a group of jockeys, including Jimmy Lee (far left) and Walter Miller (far right) at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York during the Westchester Racing Assocation's 1908 Autumn Meet.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.6 p.57 i.4774
1908
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Walter Miller
Photography of horse sports
This photograph features jockey Walter Miller after winning the Excelsior Handicap on Merry Lark at Jamaica Race Course in Queens, New York City on April 28, 1906.
John C. Hemment
Hemment v.4 p.74 i.3106
1906-04-28
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Earl Sande with George Hamlet Keene
Photography of horse sports
Jockey Earl Sande is pictured with George Hamlet Keene.
Earl Sande, the country’s top earner in 1921, 1923, and 1927, was inducted into the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1955. His many stakes wins included three Kentucky Derbies (1923, 1925, 1930), five Belmont Stakes (1921, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1930), and four Jockey Club Gold Cups (1921, 1922, 1927, 1930).
Sande won the Triple Crown in 1930 aboard Gallant Fox.
Charles Christian Cook
Cook 4599
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