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Gary Lynn Stevens (born March 6, 1963 in Caldwell, Idaho) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He began is career in 1979 at Les Bois Park in Boise, Idaho. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ...
1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ...
Caldwell is a city located in Canyon County, Idaho. ...
Thoroughbred race horses The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. ...
Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ...
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With 25,442 career mounts and 4,512 winners [1], Stevens won countless awards and prizes in the horse racing industry including the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1996 that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing. He also portrayed Woolf (1910-1946) in the 2003 movie Seabiscuit. In 1999, he was voted the Mike Venezia Memorial Award for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship". The George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award has been presented by Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California annually since 1950 to the thoroughbred horse racing jockey in North America who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct, on and off the racetrack. ...
George Woolf statue at Santa Anita Park George Monroe Woolf (May 10, 1910 – January 4, 1946) was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey and the namesake of the annual jockeys award given by the United States Jockeys Guild. ...
Seabiscuit is a 2003 American drama film based on the best-selling book Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand. ...
In 1997, Stevens entered the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in the United States. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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. ...
On November 25, 2005, Stevens announced his retirement. Two days later at Churchill Downs, he finished second aboard a 4-year-old mare named Louve Royale in his final race as a jockey. [2] A week after his favorite horse, Rock Hard Ten, called it quits due to a foot injury, the jockey of 25 years started working in January 2006 as a racing analyst with TVG. James Risch, Governor of Idaho, proclaimed the week of July 10th, 2006, to be Gary Stevens Week [3]. November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ...
Rock Hard Ten (Kris S-Tersa by Mr. ...
Toulouse-Lautrec - The Jockey (1899) This article is about the sports occupation. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
TVG is an American cable television network featuring live horse races from over 60 tracks. ...
Stevens has been in the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes three times, and twice at the Preakness Stakes. His mounts have collected over $221 million. Churchill Downs racetrack, 1998 The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ...
The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...
The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ...
Stevens' father, Ron, is a horse trainer, and Stevens' brother Scott is a jockey.
In 2002, Gary wrote a book about his life called The Perfect Ride. Hall of Fame sportscaster Jack Whitaker had this to say about Stevens' book: "A Perfect Ride is a great read, not only for horseracing fans, but for anyone interested in how the American dream really works." Jack Whitaker is an award-winning American sportscaster who worked for both CBS and ABC. Whitaker began his broadcasting career in 1947 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...
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William Lee Shoemaker, (August 19, 1931 _ October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. ...
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External links - Gary Stevens: Up Close and Personal
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