Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Charles William Boland (January 29, 1940 – May 5, 1961) was a Canadian jockey in thoroughbred horse racing who died as a result of a racing accident. [1]Born in Old Chelsea, Quebec, [2] he competed at racetracks in his native Province as well as in Ontario.
David Allen Gall (December 17, 1941 – August 1, 2021) was a Canadian-American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey, who ranked fifth in lifetime wins by North American jockeys and who was the first jockey in the United States to ride eight winners on a single racecard.
He was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1977, the U.S. National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1982, the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1990, and the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1997. [1] Gomez died of complications after a three-horse accident during the running of the Canadian Oaks in 1980. He had won 4,081 races ...
Jockeys who were killed while taking part in horse racing. Pages in category "Jockeys who died while racing" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
John G. Hayes, Sr. (July 17, 1919 – December 8, 1998), was a harness racing driver, trainer, and owner who was inducted into the Canadian [1] and American harness racing halls of fame. [ 2 ] Born in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, Hayes was the son of a dairy farmer , and went on to become a prominent figure in harness racing and the first Canadian ...
Edward Plunket Taylor, CMG (January 29, 1901 – May 14, 1989) was a Canadian business tycoon, investor and philanthropist. He was a famous breeder of Thoroughbred race horses, and a major force behind the evolution of the Canadian horse-racing industry. Known to his friends as "Eddie", he is all but universally recorded as "E. P. Taylor".
Laurin was born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada.His career in Thoroughbred horse racing began in 1929 as a jockey at Blue Bonnets Raceway in Montreal, Quebec.Battling weight problems, after riding 161 race winners, in 1942 he began working as a trainer in New England, a job that would span 45 years and take him to the pinnacle of horse racing success.
Hugo Dittfach (20 September 1936 – 1 November 2021) was a Canadian jockey. [1] Dittfach survived three years as a boy in a Russian internment camp in Poland during World War II and went on to become a National Champion Thoroughbred racing jockey in Canada where he would be inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1983 and the Halton Hills Sports Museum Hall of Fame in 2017.