American horse jockey who won an impressive 3480 races during his fantastic career and was the first to win 9 races on 9 different horses in one day.
He left school at the age of sixteen to pursue professional horse racing.
He was the U.S. Champion Jockey with 469 wins when he was only 18 years old.
He was survived by his daughter, Violet.
He was a competitor of Alex Solis before his career ended with his untimely death in 2000.
