- Albert Johnson (jockey)
Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Albert Johnson
caption = Albert Johnson aboard Exterminator, 1922
occupation =Jockey
birthplace =Milan, Washington ,United States
birth date = November 18, 1900
death date = September 18, 1966
career wins = 503 (15.7%)
race =Tremont Stakes (1920)
Hopeful Stakes (1921)Laurel Futurity (1921, 1922)Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1922, 1925)Brooklyn Handicap (1922)Kentucky Handicap (1922)Saratoga Cup (1922)
Belmont Futurity Stakes (1922)
Toronto Autumn Cup (1922)Coaching Club American Oaks (1923)
Adirondack Stakes (1925)Alabama Stakes (1925)
Champagne Stakes (1925)Dwyer Stakes (1925)Ladies Handicap (1925)Maryland Handicap (1925)
Matron Stakes (1925)Schuylerville Stakes (1925)Withers Stakes (1925)American Derby (1926)American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1922, 1926)Belmont Stakes (1925, 1926)awards =
United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1922)
honours =National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (1971)Washington State Sports Hall of Fame (2006)
horses =Morvich , Exterminator, Bubbling Over
American Flag, Crusader
updated = May 1, 2007Albert Johnson (
November 18 ,1900 -September 18 ,1966 ) was an American Hall of Famejockey . Born in the rural community ofMilan, Washington , Albert Johnson began his career in 1917 at Playfair Race Track in nearby Spokane. His success at local racetracks led to a move to tracks in theNew York City area where he was the principal jockey forMorvich in his undefeated two-year-old season in 1921 and with whom he won the 1922Kentucky Derby . Johnson was hired by prominent owner/breederWillis Sharpe Kilmer , whose racing stable had includedSun Briar and Exterminator. Riding for Kilmer brought Albert Johnson rode Exterminator to a number of important wins and ended 1922 as theUnited States Champion Jockey by earnings .In all, Albert Johnson won four
American Classic Races . In 1925, riding forGlen Riddle Farm , he won theBelmont Stakes aboard a son of the greatMan o' War named American Flag. The following year Johnson won his second Kentucky Derby on Col. Edward R. Bradley's colt, Bubbling Over. Back in New York a few weeks later, he won his second straight Belmont Stakes for Glen Riddle Farm with Crusader, another colt sired by Man o' War. In thePreakness Stakes , Johnson had five career mounts with his best finish a fourth in 1926 and again in 1929.Fighting to maintain his weight, in 1929 Johnson traveled to
France where he rode in steeplechase races that accommodate heavier weight limits for jockeys. Returning home, he turned to training and in the mid 1930s was hired by longtime friendBing Crosby to help condition horses for hisBinglin Stable partnership.Johnson went on to work as a timer at various major racetracks in California and was living in Millbrae at the time of his death in 1966. In 1971 he was inducted in the United States' Racing Hall of Fame and in 2006, in the
Washington State Sports Hall of Fame .References
* [http://www.washingtonthoroughbred.com/WaTbStats/HallofFame.htm Albert Johnson at the Washington State Sports Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/jockey.asp?ID=191 Albert Johnson at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]
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