- Don Brumfield
Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Don Brumfield
caption =
occupation =Jockey
birthplace =Nicholasville, Kentucky United States
birth date = 1938
death date =
career wins = 4,573
race =Spinster Stakes (1964)Kentucky Oaks (1966)Florida Derby (1968)Breeders' Futurity Stakes
(1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979)Ashland Stakes
(1974, 1974,1984)Acorn Stakes (1977)Apple Blossom Handicap (1978)Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (1980)Diana Handicap (1980)
Cornhusker Handicap (1984)Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (1988)American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1966)Preakness Stakes (1966)
awards =George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1988)
honours = United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1996)Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame (1997)
horses =Kauai King , Forward Pass,Northernette
updated =Don Brumfield (born 1938 in
Nicholasville, Kentucky ) is an American jockey from Kentucky. [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835504,00.html?iid=chix-sphere "Crown for a King" "Time Magazine", Friday, May 13, 1966.] ]During his thirty-five year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01EED61F3FF935A3575BC0A960958260&sec=&spon= "In Honor of Hall of Famers, Sir Cat Triumphs" By Joseph Durso. "The New York Times", August 6, 1996] ] He retired from racing in 1989. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D91138F937A1575AC0A96F948260 “SPORTS PEOPLE; Brumfield Retires” "The New York Times", September 24, 1989 ] ] Brumfield was the "track all-time leading rider in terms of races won (925)" at
Churchill Downs , where he won 16 riding titles. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01EED61F3FF935A3575BC0A960958260&sec=&spon= "In Honor of Hall of Famers, Sir Cat Triumphs" by Joseph Durso, "The New York Times", August 6, 1996] ] His record was later broken byPat Day , who won more than 2,000 races at Churchill Downs in his career. [ [http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/10016922/from/RL.4/ "Day honored at Churchill Downs" NBCSports.com November 11, 2005] ] Brumfield rodeKauai King to victory in the 1966Kentucky Derby .He was inducted into the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996.References
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835652,00.html "Two Down, One to Go" "Time Magazine", Friday, May 27, 1966.]
Notes
ee also
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Ashland Stakes
*Camilo Marin External links
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/jockey.asp?ID=171 Don Brumfield at National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.kentuckyderby.info/kentuckyderby-history1975.php Kentucky Derby website]
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