Walter Miller (jockey)

Walter Miller
Occupation Jockey
Born 1890
Brooklyn, New York
Died 1959
Career wins 1,094
(Winning Percentage: 28%)

Walter Miller (1890–1959) was an American jockey.[1][2][3]

Miller was Jewish, and was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

He rode in his first race at age 14.[5] At the age of 16, he won 388 races (a record not broken until Willie Shoemaker did it in 1952; 28 per cent of his mounts were victorious), and between the years 1905 and 1908 he won 1,094 races.[2][3][5][7] He led the U.S. in victories in both 1906 and 1907.[8][8]

In 1906, he won the Preakness on Whimsical.[8][9] He also won the Travers Stakes, Alabama Stakes, Champagne Stakes, Saratoga Special Stakes, and Brooklyn Handicap.[8]

He was the National Riding Champion in 1906 and 1907.[3][5][10]

In his career, more than half the time his horse finished "in the money".[5][8] He set a record by riding eight consecutive winners, over a two-day period.[5] His career ended in the United States after he gained weight as a late teenager.[8] He then rode in Europe, with success.[8]

He was inducted into the National Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1955, into the Jockey Hall of Fame in 1957, and into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[5][8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Peter S. Horvitz, Joachim Horvitz (2001). The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia & Anecdotal History. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Rita James Simon (1997). In the golden land: a century of Russian and Soviet Jewish immigration in America. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Peter S. Horvitz (2007). The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes; An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and The 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  4. ↑ Bob Wechsler (2008). Day by day in Jewish sports history. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Walter Miller". Jewishsports.net. April 3, 1906. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Jews In American Sports". Jews in Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Under the Wire". TIME. January 12, 1953. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "National Museum of Racing, Hall of Fame, Jockeys". Racingmuseum.org. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  9. ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica almanac 2008. 2009. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
  10. ↑ Ilana Abramovitch, Seán Galvin (2002). Jews of Brooklyn. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
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