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Jockey: Mounts: Wins: Earnings: 1908 Joe Notter: 872 249 $464,322 1910 Carroll H. Shilling: 506 172 $176,030 1911 Ted Koerner: 813 162 $88,308 1912 James Butwell: 684 144 $79,843 1913 Merritt C. Buxton: 887 146 $82,552 1914 Joe McCahey: 824 155 $121,845 1915 Mack Garner: 775 151 $96,628 1916 John McTaggart: 832 150 $155,055 1917 Frank Robinson ...
After 28 years in racing he retired in June 2002. He finished as thoroughbred racing's ALL-TIME leader in purse earnings with more than $264 million in winnings and 7,141 races won. He won about 21% of the races he rode, a percentage that only 5 jockeys have ever held.
In 2004 and 2005 he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and both years was given the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. He was inducted into the Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2012, rode his 5,000th winner in 2013, and became the leading money-earning jockey in the history of the sport in 2014.
However, he's not the only jockey whose earnings are in the hundred million territory. Take a look at the slideshow below to see the highest-paid jockeys of all time: Show comments. Advertisement.
Track Phantom and jockey Cristian Torres win the Gun Runner Stakes on Dec. 23 at Fair Grounds ... Career earnings: $405,000. Road to the ... Asmussen ranks sixth all-time with 25 Derby starters ...
Post time for the Kentucky Derby is set for 6:57 p.m. on Saturday, May 4. ... Jockey: Umberto Rispoli, 0 for 1 in Derby. ... Record: 5-0-0 in six starts. Career earnings: $707,200. Road to the ...
Smith was born to George Smith, a one-time jockey, and Vidoll Vallejos in New Mexico; his mother was 19 years old at the time. Smith's parents divorced when he was 8 years old. [ 4 ] Smith spent most of his youth on his maternal grandparents' horse farm where he began breaking horses at eight years old.
In less competitive races, the jockey’s earnings can be as low as 0.5% for a third-place finish, 1% for placing second and perhaps 6%-10% for first place, Career Trend reported.