Top Jockeys: TC Treats # 2
Who Is the Only Jockey To Ride Two Triple Crown Winners?
There have been only eleven Thoroughbreds to win the Triple Crown. Eddie Arcaro rode two of them, Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948). Who are the other 9 jockeys?
Eddie Arcaro rode Thoroughbreds through four decades. He is the only jockey to pilot two Triple Crown champions. He was sought out specifically to ride the mind-of-his-own Whirlaway, a talented and popular, but stubborn champion who had discouraged other jockeys.
Nicknamed Mr. Long Tail, for his abundant and long red tail which flowed like a rudder behind him when he was in full stride, Whirlaway pounded his competition in the three classic races and gave Arcaro his first Triple Crown championship in 1941.
Seven years later, Arcaro repeated the three-race-win drama aboard the unstoppable Citation. Arcaro's second Triple Crown in 1948 was also a matter of calling. Citation's regular jockey, Al Snider, was apparently killed in a boating accident in the Florida Everglades. His body was never found. And Arcaro got Citation, one of the best Thoroughbreds ever to grace a racing track.
Here are the other nine Triple Crown champions.
- 1919 ----- Sir Barton
- 1930 ----- Gallant Fox
- 1935 ----- Omaha
- 1937 ----- War Admiral
- 1943 ----- Count Fleet
- 1946 ----- Assault
- 1973 ----- Secretariat
- 1977 ----- Seattle Slew
- 1978 ----- Affirmed
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Man o' War is many times named as the top Thoroughbred who ever lived. He won both Triple Crown races in which he was entered. His owner didn't feel that the Kentucky Derby at that time was worthy of his star's presence. Who owned Man o' War and what two jockeys rode him in 1919 and in 1920?
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Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by an incredible 31 lengths to claim the 9th Triple Crown in 1973. His chief competitor in his career, Sham, broke down in this race and was necessarily retired. Who rode Sham?
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In the decade of the '70s, three male TC champions were crowned. Ruffian also won the filly Triple Crown (1975). And Forego, an outstanding gelding, was three times the Horse of the Year, 1974, 1975, and 1976. Who regularly rode Ruffian and her eventual match race partner, Foolish Pleasure, and who was Forego's last jockey?
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Alydar is the only horse in Triple Crown history to finish second in all three classics. Alydar lost all three races in 1978 to Affirmed, the last TC champion. Who jockeyed Alydar?
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What jockey has foiled two Triple Crown championships since 2002? He rode Sarava and Birdstone.
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