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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.