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This portrait of James “Jimmy” Lee was taken in 1908 at the Coney Island Jockey Club in Brooklyn, New York.
Lee, ranked as the country’s second-best rider by wins in 1907, won all six races at Churchill Downs on June 5, 1907 — making Lee the only jockey to have swept a full card of American racing during the early 20th century.
One of Lee’s notable stakes victories was aboard Dorante in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga in 1908.