jockey
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He is the ninth jockey to complete the double — Brian Hernandez Jr. did it two years ago.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
“He’s got tactical speed, which means the jockey can place him anywhere at any moment in the race.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
But while other classics come and go and jockey for position, a reliable fixture among the top 10—for the past four polls and 34 years—has been “Tokyo Story” by Yasujirō Ozu.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
He was a fixture around Santa Anita, as he had been as a jockey.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026
In the summer of 1936 he was twenty-six and in the twelfth year of a failing career as a jockey and part-time prizefighter.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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