Jean Cruguet (born March 8, 1939 in Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in Leap years). ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Agen is a city and commune located in the Aquitaine région in southern France, on the river Garonne, 84 miles above Bordeaux. ... Lot-et-Garonne is a département in the southwest of France named after the Lot and Garonne rivers. ... Thoroughbred horse racing is the main form of horse-racing throughout the world. ... Toulouse-Lautrec - The Jockey (1899) This article is about the sports occupation. ... 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. ...

Cruguet served in the army then competed as a jockey in his native France before emigrating to the United States. He was successful racing in the U.S., winning a number of important races. In 1969, he won a major Grade I race when due to another commitment by jockey Braulio Baeza, Cruguet replaced him as the jockey for Arts and Letters and rode the future Hall of Famer to victory in the Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park. A graded stakes race is a term applied to a Thoroughbred horse race in the United States and Canada to describe races that derive their name from the stake, or entry fee, owners must pay. ... 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. ... The Metropolitan Handicap is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred horses three-years-old and above. ... Secretariats statue greets racing fans and jockeys in the paddock of Belmont Park. ...

In 1976 Jean Cruguet rode the two-year-old colt Seattle Slew to victory in the Champagne Stakes. The following year he achieved racing immortality aboard Seattle Slew. They won the Wood Memorial Stakes and the Flamingo Stakes enroute to winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, thereby capturing the prestigious Triple Crown. In a move still written about today, with 20 yards to go to the finish line in the Belmont Stakes, Cruguet stood up in the stirrups, raised his right arm over his head, and jubilantly gave the crowd a victory salute by waving his whip in the air. The Cover of Seattle Slew Seattle Slew (February 15, 1974 – May 7, 2002) was an American thoroughbred race horse that won the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing in 1977, only the tenth horse to accomplish the feat. ... The Champagne Stakes is a Group 2 United Kingdom flat racing horse race for two year old colts and geldings run over a distance of 7 furlongs at Doncaster Racecourse during September. ... The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. ... The Flamingo Stakes was a Grade III stakes race for three-year-old thorough race horses run at the Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. ... Churchill Downs racetrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the three-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

Significant race wins: (partial list)

• Belmont Stakes - 1977
• Canadian International Stakes - 1989
• Coaching Club American Oaks - 1984
• Dwyer Stakes - 1984
• Flamingo Stakes - 1977
• The Hopeful Stakes - 1975, 1976
• Kentucky Derby - 1977
• Knickerbocker Handicap - 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992
• Manhattan Handicap - 1974
• Metropolitan Handicap - 1969
• Mother Goose Stakes - 1976, 1977
• Preakness Stakes - 1974
• Travers Stakes - 1968
• Wood Memorial Stakes - 1977, 1984

Cruguet's last major Grade I Stakes victory came aboard Hodges Bay in the 1989 Canadian International Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. Retired, Cruguet makes guest appearances in support of organizations such as Old Friends [1], a retirement and rescue facility for pensioned Thoroughbreds in Midway, Kentucky. The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious horse race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ... The Dwyer Stakes is a 1 1/16-mile Grade 2 stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred racehorses held annually since 1918 at Belmont Park racetrack in Elmont, Long Island, New York. ... The Flamingo Stakes was a Grade III stakes race for three-year-old thorough race horses run at the Hialeah Park in Hialeah, Florida over a distance of 1 1/16 miles. ... Churchill Downs racetrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the three-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... The Metropolitan Handicap is a Grade I stakes race for Thoroughbred horses three-years-old and above. ... The Preakness Stakes is a classic 1 3/16 mile (1. ... The Travers Stakes, held at Saratoga Race Course near Saratoga Springs, New York, is the oldest major thoroughbred horse race in the United States. ... The Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack in Jamaica, New York is an American horse race first run in 1925. ... Woodbine Racetrack in southwest Toronto, Ontario is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day. ... Midway is a city located in Woodford County, Kentucky. ...