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Anthony Peter McCoy OBE (born 4 May 1974), commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is an Northern Irish former horse racing jockey, based in the UK and Ireland. He was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010, becoming the first jockey to w
Birth: Sep. 12, 1917Mound ValleyFranklin CountyIdaho, USADeath: Jun. 19, 1977 Family links: Parents: Clark Parker Gray (1881 – 1958) Lila May Campbell Gray (1883 – 1975) Siblings: Clark Paul Gray (1903 – 1957)* Andrew Bruce Gray (1907 – 1993)
Abel Castellano, Jr. (born June 6, 1983 in Maracaibo, Venezuela) is a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who rode his first winner on September 22, 1999 at Santa Rita Race Course in his native Venezuela. The following year he began riding in the Uni
Mary Steedman Bacon Anderson (January 1, 1948 – June 8, 1991) was an American thoroughbred jockey and model. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in Toledo, Ohio by her father, a one-time big band pianist later involved in construction, a
John McTaggart (1896 – April 18, 1946) was an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. He began his riding career in 1913 and rode for a quarter century until retiring in 1937. In 1914 he led all jockeys in the United State
George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed “The Iceman”, was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey’s award given by the United States Jockeys’ Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding t
Bernardo Cardoso de Resende Alves (born November 20, 1974, Belo Horizonte) is a show jumping rider from Brazil.
Kent Jason Desormeaux (born February 27, 1970, in Maurice, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who holds the U.S. record for most races won in a single year with 598 wins in 1989.
Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori, MBE (born 15 December 1970) is an Italian horse racing jockey and celebrity. Dettori has been Champion Jockey on three occasions and has ridden the winners of more than 500 Group races. His most celebrated achievement was
Frederick John “Fred” Barrett (1867 – 21 January 1895) was an English horse racing jockey. His greatest success came in 1888, when he won the Epsom Derby and the Jockeys’ Championship.
Richard Johnson (born 21 July 1977 in Hereford) is an English National Hunt jockey.