Eddie Arcaro

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Eddie Arcaro

Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 - November 4, 1997), known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American

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Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse race

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Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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jockey

Jockey

In sport, a jockey is one who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing; however, camel jockey profession is slowly being replaced by robotics....
who won more American Classic Races

American Classic Races

The American Classic Races consist of:*1) Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky held annually on the first Saturday of May;...
than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races for three-year-old horses run in May and early June of each year....
twice. He is widely regarded as the greatest jockey in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing.

Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County, Ohio. The municipality is located in southwestern Ohio and is situated on the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border....
, the son of an impoverished taxi

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
driver.

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Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 - November 4, 1997), known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American

United States

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies....
Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Jockey

American Classic Races

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

Cincinnati, Ohio

Taxicab

A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
driver. Eventually nicknamed "Banana Nose" by his confreres, Arcaro won his first race in 1932 at the Agua Caliente racetrack

Agua Caliente Racetrack

The Agua Caliente Racetrack is a greyhound racing and former horse racing track in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. It opened in December 1929 at a cost of $2.5 million....
in Tijuana, Mexico.

American Classic Races

Eddie Arcaro won his first Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a graded stakes race for three year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival....
in 1938 aboard Lawrin

Lawrin

Lawrin was an American thoroughbred racehorse owned by Herbert M. Woolf who won the Kentucky Derby in 1938. He was the son of Insco. Lawrin also won the Flamingo Stakes and American Invitational....
. He is tied with Bill Hartack

Bill Hartack

William John Hartack Jr. was a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania.Referred to by the media as both "Bill" and "Willie" during his racing career, Hartack grew up on his widowed father's farm in the Blacklick Township area of Cambria County, Pennsylvania....
for most Derby wins at five, and has the most wins in the Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an United States Graded stakes race 1-3/16 mile thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses, held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland....
and the Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious United States Graded stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The race is the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, following five weeks after the Kentucky Derby, and three weeks after the Preakness Stakes....
with six. He won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1941 on Whirlaway

Whirlaway

Whirlaway was an United States champion thoroughbred racehorse.A chestnut stallion, he was sired by Blenheim II, out of the dam Dustwhirl at Calumet Farm in Lexington, Kentucky....
and again in 1948 on Citation

Citation (horse)

Citation was the eighth United States thoroughbred horse-racing United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing champion, and one of two major North American thoroughbreds to win 16 races in a row in major stakes competition....
.

Multiple Grade I Stakes Wins

Arcaro also won the Grade I

Graded stakes race

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Suburban Handicap

Suburban Handicap

The Suburban Handicap is an United States Graded stakes race Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to horses age three and older, it is run at the classic one-and-one-quarter mile distance on dirt for a $400,000 purse....
eight times, the Wood Memorial Stakes

Wood Memorial Stakes

The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an United States horse racing first run in 1925 in sports. It was named to honor Eugene D....
nine times and the Jockey Club Gold Cup

Jockey Club Gold Cup

The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred horse-racing open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up....
on ten occasions. In international competitions, at Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred horse and standardbred horse horseracing programs on the same day....
, Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....
, Arcaro won the 1953 Queen's Plate

Queen's Plate

The Queen's Plate is North America oldest thoroughbred horse race. It is run at a distance of 1? miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses foaled in Canada....
, Canada's

Canada

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most prestigious race and the oldest race in North America

North America

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, and at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland

Laurel, Maryland

Laurel is a Maryland, United States city located midway between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland, in northern Prince George's County, Maryland....
, the 1954 Washington, D.C. International

Washington, D.C. International

The Washington, D.C. International was an United States Graded stakes race invitational horse race run over a distance of 1? miles . It was held annually from 1952 to 1994 in Laurel, Maryland....
against the best from Europe

Europe

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In 1953 Eddie Arcaro was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

The George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award has been presented by Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California annually since 1950 to the thoroughbred horse racing jockey in North America who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct, on and off the racetrack....
, and in 1958 he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

Jockeys' Guild

The Jockeys' Guild Inc. is an United States trade association based in Lexington, Kentucky, representing thoroughbred horse racing and American quarter horse professional jockeys....
. He retired in 1962 because of severe bursitis

Bursitis

Bursitis is the inflammation of one or more Bursa of synovial fluid in the body. The bursae rest at the points where internal functionaries, such as muscles and tendons, slide across bone....
in his arm. He ended his career having competed in 24,092 races and having won 4,779 with record setting earnings of $30,039,543. For a time he worked as a television commentator on racing for CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
and ABC, and then as a public relations officer for the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
, before retiring to a home in Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
.

He also worked as a spokesman for the Buick

Buick

Buick is a marque of automobile sold in the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Qatar, Kuwait, and Israel by General Motors Corporation. Since the demise of Oldsmobile in 2004, it is GM's only North America-based entry-level luxury brand....
motor division of General Motors

General Motors

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, for which he voiced the well-known phrase, "If you price a Buick, you'll buy a Buick."

Eddie Arcaro died in 1997. His body was cremated and his ashes were inurned in the columbarium at Miami's Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery.

Today, he is one of the most well-known jockeys in history of horse racing.