Earl Sande

Earl Sande
Earl Sande
	Saranac Handicap (1927); American Legion Handicap (1928); Wood Memorial Stakes (1930); Santa Anita Derby (1938); Blue Grass Stakes (1937, 1939) Chance Shot, Crusader,; Gallant Fox, Grey Lag, Mad Play, Mad Hatter, Sarazen, Sir Barton, Stagehand, Zev,; Billy Kelly, Cudgel, Milkmaid

Earl Harold Sande (November 13, 1898 – August 19, 1968) was an American Hall of Fame jockey and thoroughbred horse trainer.

Early life in South Dakota

Born in

American quarter horse rider before switching to thoroughbred horse racing

in 1918.

Career

Sande joined

U.S. Triple Crown

.

Sande's fame was such that he was immortalized in a number of poems by Damon Runyon.

Retirement

Following his retirement in 1932, Earl Sande remained in the industry as a trainer. In 1938 he was the United States' leading trainer and by the mid-1940s owned and operated his own racing stable.

In 1955, Earl Sande was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. His life story was told in the 2004 book by Richard J. Maturi titled "Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga" (

ISBN 0-9607298-5-2

).

Earl Sande died in 1968 in a Jacksonville, Oregon nursing home.^[1]

References

Earl Sande's biography at the United States National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

^ Milwaukee Sentinel - Aug 21, 1968^{[permanent dead link]}

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[1] Milwaukee Sentinel - Aug 21, 1968^{[permanent dead link]}

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