Arcaro, Eddie

Arcaro, Eddie
orig. George Edward Arcaro

born Feb. 19, 1916, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
died Nov. 14, 1997, Miami, Fla.

U.S. jockey.

He became the first jockey to ride five Kentucky Derby winners (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952) and the first to ride two Triple Crown champions (Whirlaway, 1941; Citation, 1948). In 31 years of riding Thoroughbreds (1931–61), he won 549 stakes events, a total of 4,779 races, and more than $30 million in purses.

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▪ American jockey
byname of  George Edward Arcaro  
born Feb. 19, 1916, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
died Nov. 14, 1997, Miami, Florida
 American jockey who was the first to ride five Kentucky Derby winners and two U.S. Triple Crown champions (winners of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes). In 31 years of riding Thoroughbreds (1931–61), he won 549 stakes events, a total of 4,779 races, and more than $30,000,000 in purses. On Feb. 20, 1958, at Santa Anita Race Track in California, he became the third jockey (after Sir Gordon Richards and Johnny Longden) to achieve 4,000 victories.

      Arcaro won the Kentucky Derby five times (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952), the Preakness six times (1941, 1948, 1950–51, 1955, 1957), and the Belmont six times (1941–42, 1945, 1948, 1952, 1955). He rode Whirlaway to Triple Crown honours in 1941, and Citation in 1948. He established a record of $645,145 earned by one horse (Citation) in a single season. In 1960–61, at the end of his career, Arcaro teamed with the horse Kelso to win several major stakes. After his retirement, he became a television sports commentator.

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