- Pete D. Anderson
Horseracing personalities infobox
name = Pete D. Anderson
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occupation =Jockey / Trainer
birthplace =United States
birth date = c.1931
death date =
career wins = Not found
race = As a jockey:Louisiana Derby (1951)
Breeders' Futurity (1954)Laurel Futurity (1956)Ashland Stakes (1957)Top Flight Handicap (1957)Vagrancy Handicap (1957)Acorn Stakes (1958)
Firenze Handicap (1959)Fall Highweight Handicap (1962)Ohio Derby (1964)Gotham Stakes (1966)Hawthorne Gold Cup (1966)
Monmouth Handicap (1966)Washington Park Handicap (1966)Saratoga Special Stakes (1969)Coaching Club American Oaks (1970)Gazelle Handicap (1970)Aqueduct Handicap (1973)Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (1973)
As a trainer:
Oceanport Handicap (1978)Ohio Derby (2007)American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1958)
awards =
honours =
horses =Bold Bidder ,Traffic Judge ,Sword Dancer
Cavan,Cannonade ,Missile Belle ,Forego
updated = CURRENTTIME, CURRENTDAYNAMECURRENTMONTHNAME CURRENTDAY CURRENTYEAR (UTC )Pete D. Anderson (born c. 1931) is a retired American
jockey and a currentThoroughbred racehorse trainer. He began his riding career in the latter part of the late 1940s and was the leading apprentice jockey inNew York in 1948. Like many of his compatriots, Anderson struggled throughout his career to maintain his weight.Pete Anderson won a number of major
Graded stakes race s including a victory in the 1966Washington Park Handicap aboardBold Bidder in which he defeated the future Hall of Fame inductee,Tom Rolfe . In the 1973 Kentucky Derby, he rode the greatForego to a fourth place finish behind eventual Triple Crown champion, Secretariat. In all, he rode Forego in ten starts, earning three wins and a second in theFlorida Derby . In his only appearance in thePreakness Stakes , Anderson rode Primate to a fourth place finish in the 1952 race. However, Anderson's most important career win came in 1958 when he rode Cavan to an upset win over Tim Tam that denied theCalumet Farm colt the Triple Crown.Following his retirement from riding in the mid 1970s, Pete Anderson remained in the racing business as a trainer. Based at
Calder Race Course inMiami Gardens, Florida , in 2007 he is notably the trainer ofDelightful Kiss forHobeau Farm . In June, thegelding won theOhio Derby , a race that in 1964 Anderson also won as a jockey aboard National.Pete Anderson's daughter,
Aggie Ordonez , is also a Thoroughbred trainer, competing at tracks such asGolden Gate Fields andBay Meadows Racetrack inNorthern California .References
* [http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070419/SPORTS0801/704190525/-1/SPORTS0801 April 19, 2007 article on Pete Anderson by Jennie Rees in the Louisville Courier-Jornal]
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