Darrel McHargue

Darrel McHargue
Darrel McHargue
Occupation	King's Bishop Stakes (1985); Bay Shore Stakes (1986); Turf Paradise Derby (1988) Jockey Club Cup (1984)
Racing awards
	United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1978); Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey (1978); George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1978)
Significant horses
	Ancient Title, Commanche Run, General Assembly, Honest Pleasure, John Henry, Master Derby, Run Dusty Run,; Terlingua, Vigors,

Darrel G. McHargue (born September 26, 1954, in

Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland

.

Triple Crown races

Darrel McHargue competed in eight Kentucky Derbys between 1974 and 1986. His best finishes were a second with Run Dusty Run in 1977 and a third with actor Jack Klugman's colt Jaklin Klugman in 1980.

In 1975, the twenty-year-old McHargue earned the most important win of his career when he rode

U.S. Triple Crown

series.

McHargue had two mounts in the Belmont Stakes, finishing third with Master Derby in 1975 and second with McKenzie Bridge in 1976.

1978 Championship

McHargue was the leading jockey at the 1977 Oak Tree Racing Association fall meet. The next year would be the best of his career. He rode six winners in one day at Santa Anita Park on March 5, 1978 and again on October 25, 1979. In 1978, he was the leading money-winning jockey in the United States with a record $6,188,353 and was voted the Eclipse Award as the United States' Outstanding Jockey.^[1] In addition, he was voted the 1978 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award presented by Santa Anita Park to the jockey in North America who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct, on and off the racetrack.

Beginning in 1980, McHargue rode the great

San Luis Rey Handicap, and San Marcos Stakes

.

European racing

A proven rider on

St. Leger Stakes. However, Piggott replaced McHargue shortly before the race at the instigation of Ivan Allan Commanche Run won the British Classic by a neck in a very close finish under a superb ride from Piggott. McHargue soon returned home to Pasadena, California. [2]

McHargue retired from riding in early April 1988 and began a new career a few weeks later as a racing official. In 1994, he graduated from the Racing Officials Accreditation Program (ROAP). He worked at northern California tracks and in 2005 was appointed a race steward at Hollywood Park.

McHargue is married to Robin McHargue, daughter of the late trainer Robert Wingfield.

References

^ "McHargue Sets Jockey Earnings Record". The New York Times. 1979-01-01. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-01-22.

External links

[1] "McHargue Sets Jockey Earnings Record". The New York Times. 1979-01-01. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-01-22.

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