Earl Sande (November 13, 1898 – August 19, 1968) was an American jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... August 19 is the 231st day of the year (232nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Toulouse-Lautrec - The Jockey (1899) In sports, a jockey is one who rides horses in thoroughbred horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... In horse racing, a trainer is responsible for preparing a horse for races. ...

Born in Groton, South Dakota, he stated out as a broncobuster in the early 1900's but then became a successful quarter horse rider and advocate before switching to thoroughbred racing in 1918. During his thoroughbred racing career Earl Sande was the leading money-winning jockey in the United States in 1921, 1923, and again in 1927. He won both the Belmont Stakes and the Jockey Club Gold Cup on five occasions, the Kentucky Derby three times and the Preakness Stakes once. In 1923 he won 39 stakes races, ten of which were on Zev, including the Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, and a match race against England's Epsom Derby winner Papyrus. Sande's most famous wins came aboard Gallant Fox in 1930 when he won the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Groton is a city located in Brown County, South Dakota. ... State nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Other U.S. States Capital Pierre Largest city Sioux Falls Governor Mike Rounds (R) Senators Tim Johnson (D) John Thune (R) Official language(s) English Area 199,905 km² (17th)  - Land 196,735 km²  - Water 3,173 km² (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The Jockey Club Gold Cup is a prestigious thoroughbred horse race open to horses three years old and upward, established in 1919. ... Churchill Downs ractrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... Epsom Derby, Théodore Géricault, 1821. ... Gallant Fox (March 23, 1927 - November 13, 1954) was a United States thoroughbred horse racing champion. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ...

Sande's fame was such that he was immortalized in a number of poems by Damon Runyon. Following his retirement in 1932, Earl Sande turning to training and in 1938 was the United States leading trainer. Damon Runyon Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 - December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer. ...

In 1955, Earl Sande was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. His life story was told in the 2004 book by Richard J. Maturi titled "Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga" (ISBN 0960729852). The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ...

Earl Sande died in 1968 at the Landshead Resort in Nassau, Bahamas. For other uses, see Nassau (disambiguation). ...