John Ruane

John Ruane

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Horseracing personalities infobox
name = John Ruane


caption =
occupation = Jockey
birthplace = United States
birth date = October 4, 1936
death date = September 3, 2006
career wins = Not found
race = Firenze Handicap (1957, 1958, 1964)
Test Stakes (1958, 1966)
Brooklyn Handicap (1958)
Whitney Handicap (1958)
Remsen Stakes (1958)
Sanford Stakes (1959)
Man O' War Stakes (1960)
Stymie Handicap (1961)
Bed O' Roses Handicap (1965)
Diana Handicap (1965)
Demoiselle Stakes (1969)
Haskell Invitational (1970)
Toboggan Handicap (1970)
Vosburgh Stakes (1971)
Metropolitan Handicap (1971)
Knickerbocker Handicap (1971, 1980)
Comely Stakes (1972, 1976)
awards =
honours =
horses = Cohoes, Tunex, Duck Dance
updated = February 27, 2007

John V. Ruane (October 4, 1936 – September 3, 2006) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.

Ruane began his career in 1957, competing on the New York State racing circuit where he rode for noted U.S. Racing Hall of Fame horse trainers such as John M. Gaver, Sr. and H. Allen Jerkens. He retired after forty-two years having ridden winners of a number of important Graded stakes races.

John Ruane was living at Ocean City, New Jersey at the time of his death from pulmonary complications in 2006.

References

* [http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=35212 Obituary for John Ruane at Bloodhorse.com]


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