Donald Brumfield

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Donald Thomas Brumfield
Occupation Jockey
Born (1938-05-24) May 24, 1938
Nicholasville, Kentucky
United States
Career wins 4,573
Major racing wins, honours and awards
Major racing wins

Falls City Handicap
(1964, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1982, 1986, 1988)
Spinster Stakes (1964)
Kentucky Oaks (1966)
Florida Derby (1968)
Breeders' Futurity Stakes
(1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1979)
Ashland Stakes
(1974, 1974,1984)
Acorn Stakes (1977)
Apple Blossom Handicap (1978)
Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (1980)
Diana Handicap (1980)
Cornhusker Handicap (1984)
Sixty Sails Handicap (1987)
Shadwell Turf Mile Stakes (1988)

American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1966)
Preakness Stakes (1966)
Racing awards
George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1988)
Honours
United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1996)
Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame (1997)
Significant horses
Kauai King, Forward Pass, Northernette

Donald Alan (Don) Brumfield (born May 24, 1938 in Nicholasville, Kentucky) is a retired American jockey from Kentucky.[1]

During his thirty-five-year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides.[2] He retired from racing in 1989.[3] Brumfield was the "track all-time leading rider in terms of races won (925)" at Churchill Downs, where he won 16 riding titles.[4] His record was later broken by Pat Day, who won more than 2,000 races at Churchill Downs in his career.[5] Brumfield rode Kauai King to victory in the 1966 Kentucky Derby.

He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1996.

Following his retirement from the saddle, Brumfield worked as a racing official at various racetracks. He most recently served as a steward at Gulfstream Park in Florida for their 2011 winter-spring meet. Brumfield often appears at Churchill Downs for promotions honoring past Kentucky Derby winning jockeys.

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References

Notes

  1. ↑ "Crown for a King" Time Magazine, Friday, May 13, 1966.
  2. ↑ "In Honor of Hall of Famers, Sir Cat Triumphs" By Joseph Durso. The New York Times, August 6, 1996
  3. ↑ “SPORTS PEOPLE; Brumfield Retires” The New York Times, September 24, 1989
  4. ↑ "In Honor of Hall of Famers, Sir Cat Triumphs" by Joseph Durso, The New York Times, August 6, 1996
  5. ↑ "Day honored at Churchill Downs" NBCSports.com November 11, 2005

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