Laffit Alejandro Pincay, Jr. (born December 29, 1946 in Panama City, Panama) is a retired jockey who was based primarily in the United States. is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Panama City (Spanish: Ciudad de Panamá), population 708,738, with a total metro population of 1,063,000 is the capital of Panama, located at the Pacific entrance of the Panama Canal, at . ... The racecourse is a classical meeting point for the people of Chester. ...

Laffit Pincay began his riding career in his native Panama. In 1966, prominent horseman Fred W. Hooper and agent Camilo Marin sponsored him to come to the United States and ride under contract. He started his American career at Arlington Park in Chicago and won eight of his first eleven races. During his career, Pincay Jr. was voted the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1970 that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing. In 1996, he was voted the Mike Venezia Memorial Award for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship". He has won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey on four occasions and was the United States' leading jockey seven times. Camilo Marin (January 6, 1913 - December 1, 1988) was a Cuban-born jockeys agent who is widely regarded as one of horse racings most successful agents. ... Arlington Park is a horse racetrack in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ... 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. ... Mike Venezia Memorial Award is an American Thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually by the New York Racing Association to honor a jockeys who exemplifies extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship. ... The Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey is an American thoroughbred horse racing honor for jockeys first awarded in 1971. ...

With his 8,834th win, on December 10, 1999 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in California aboard Irish Nip, he broke the career victory record previously held by Bill Shoemaker. December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, 21 days before the next year. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... William Lee Shoemaker, (August 19, 1931 _ October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. ...

He won the Kentucky Derby in 1984 aboard Swale (horse) and also took three consecutive Belmont Stakes between 1982 and 1984. The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... Swale (born 1981 - June 17, 1984) was an American thoroughbred racehorse. ... The Belmont Stakes is a prestigious Grade I stakes race held yearly in June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. ...

At the time of his retirement (in April 2003), he remained horse racing's winningest jockey, with 9,530 career victories. On December 1, 2006, Russell Baze passed Pincay on the all-time win list. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The racecourse is a classical meeting point for the people of Chester. ... is the 335th day of the year (336th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Russell Baze (born August 7, 1958 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is the winningest jockey in the history of Thoroughbred horse racing and a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame. ...

In 2004, Hollywood Park Racetrack announced the creation of the Laffit Pincay Jr. Award to be presented annually on Hollywood Gold Cup Day that features the race he won a record nine times. The award was designed by American sculptor Nina Kaiser and is presented to someone who has served the horse racing industry with integrity, dedication, determination and distinction. The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I Stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. ... Sculptor redirects here. ...

Pincay, who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1975, is currently married to his second wife, Jeanine, with whom he has a son, Jean Laffit Pincay. 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. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Laffit - All About Winning is a documentary film that takes a look at Laffit's career and life experiences as a jockey. The movie was narrated by actor Kevin Costner. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. ...

References

• Laffit Pincay at NNDB (accessed April 2, 2006)
• Laffit: All About Winning at IMDb
• Laffit Pincay, Jr. at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
• NTRA 2004 article - Hollywood Park announces Laffit Pincay Jr. Award
• Del Mar Media Guide