Eddie Arcaro

George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997)

Arcaro won his first Kentucky Derby in 1938 aboard Lawrin. He is tied with Bill Hartack for most Derby wins with five, and has the most wins in the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes with six. He won the U.S. Triple Crown in 1941 on Whirlaway and again in 1948 on Citation. His other Kentucky Derby wins were Hoop Jr. (1945) and Hill Gail (1952). Arcaro also won the most triple crown races at 17 with the next highest total at only 11.

Major stakes wins

Arcaro also won the

In 1953 Arcaro was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, and in 1958 he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Active in jockey affairs, Arcaro was a driving force behind the creation of the

According to his wife Vera, Arcaro suffered a long illness. He died at his Miami home in 1997.[3] His body was cremated and his ashes were interred in the columbarium at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Miami. Today, he remains one of the best-known jockeys in the history of horse racing, called "the Master" for his riding skills, good sense of pace and the ability to switch his whip from one hand to the other with ease during a race.^[4]

Triple Crown race record

† - Won the Triple Crown

‡ - Filly

Kentucky Derby: 21-5-3-2

Preakness: 15-6-2-4

Belmont: 21-6-3-2

References

External links

• An oral history with Eddie Arcaro at the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries
• New York Times About, Inc. article/photographic collection titled Eddie Arcaro Remembered Archived 2015-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
• "Man on a Horse". Time. May 17, 1948.
• Eddie Arcaro interviewed by Mike Wallace on The Mike Wallace Interview on September 8, 1957
• Eddie Arcaro in the Belmont Stakes