Edward J. Delahoussaye is a retired American

United States

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 Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred horse race

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 jockey

Jockey

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 from New Iberia, Louisiana

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He began his career in 1968 and ten years later became the top American jockey with 384 wins. He has won the Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...

 in two consecutive years, riding Gato Del Sol

Gato Del Sol

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 in 1982 and Sunny's Halo

Sunny's Halo

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 in 1983; he had finished second in the 1981 Derby.

In addition to his wins at the Kentucky Derby, he won the 1988 Preakness Stakes

Preakness Stakes

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 and the 1988 and 1992 Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes

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 as well as seven Breeders' Cup

Breeders' Cup

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 races.

Eddie Delahoussaye was awarded the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

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 in 1981 and in 1993 was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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He retired from horse racing in January 2003 as a result of injuries to his head and neck suffered in a fall at Del Mar Racetrack

Del Mar Racetrack

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. Over his 34 year career, he is the twelfth winningest jockey, with 6,384 races won. In terms of monetary winnings, he is sixth all time, having earned $195,881,170 in his career.

In 2006 Delahoussaye wrote the preface

Preface

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 to Santa Anita Morning Rhapsody, by photographer-author Karen S. Davis

Karen S. Davis

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, the first full-color art book documenting morning thoroughbred racetrack training. "All of the moments that define the morning at Santa Anita are captured in the stunning photography of this book," he wrote. "Morning at Santa Anita racetrack is like no other time or place on earth."

Eddie Delahoussaye remains active in the horse racing industry and is a member of the board of directors of the Edwin J. Gregson Foundation

Edwin J. Gregson Foundation

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