Don MacBeth

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Don MacBeth
Occupation
Washington, D.C. International
(1985)
Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1984)

International race wins:

Monmouth Park Champion Jockey
(1978, 1979, 1980)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1988)
Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund
Significant horses
Temperence Hill, Deputy Minister, Half Iced, Pine Circle, Vanlandingham, Chief's Crown

Donald MacBeth (August 29, 1949 – March 1, 1987) was a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey in North American Thoroughbred racing.[1]

Born in

Shug McGaughey
.

A 1991 Southern Florida

Sun-Sentinel newspaper story referred to MacBeth as being "among the most respected of jockeys, known well for his gentle nature and integrity."[2]

MacBeth was the leading jockey at

Monmouth Park for three years running between 1978 and 1980.[3] He won 2,764 races before cancer ended his racing career. For his significant contribution to the sport of horse racing, MacBeth received the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award and the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award.[4] MacBeth died in Reddick, Florida, where he lived, in 1987. The following year he was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
.

MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund

After doing a show at a racetrack near

Minneapolis, Minnesota, devoted fan and sometime racehorse owner, comedy actor Tim Conway had wanted to donate his fee to help former jockeys experiencing hard times, but learned that no such fund existed. In cooperation with Don MacBeth's widow, Conway became a co-founder, Vice President, and member of the board of directors of the Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund to assist injured and disabled riders. As of March 2007, the Fund had assisted more than 1,800 riders.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Don MacBeth". Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. 1988-01-01. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. Sun-Sentinel. 1991-04-28. Retrieved 2019-07-06.[permanent dead link
    ]
  3. ^ "Rain Ruins Monmouth program" (PDF). The Daily Register (Shrewsbury, New Jersey). 1982-08-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  4. ^ "Don MacBeth Dies of Cancer at 37 : Fellow Riders Saw Him as a Champion". Los Angeles Times. 1987-03-03. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  5. The Courier-Journal
    Louisville, Kentucky. 2019-05-18. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
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