Johnny Loftus
| Johnny Loftus | |
|---|---|
United States Triple Crown (1919)(1919) As a trainer:San Carlos Handicap (1938) | |
| Racing awards | |
| United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1919) | |
| Honours | |
| United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1959) | |
| Significant horses | |
| War Cloud, Regret, Pan Zareta, Pompoon, Man o' War, Sir Barton |
John Patrick Loftus (October 13, 1895 – March 23, 1976) was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.[1]
Born in
United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. During his career, between 1909 and 1919, he won 580 races out of the 2,449 he competed in, for a very notable 23.7% success rate. In 1916 he won the Travers Stakes and Withers Stakes on "Spur" then captured the Kentucky Derby aboard George Smith. In 1917 he won the Kentucky Oaks with the filly Sunbonnet and the next year he rode War Cloud to victory in the Preakness Stakes. As well, Loftus rode Man o' War
to victory in eight races, and to the only defeat in the horse's career, a second-place finish at the Sanford Memorial Stakes.
For
American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt in 1936. In 1959, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
.
Johnny Loftus died in Carlsbad, California in 1976.