Raymond Workman
Raymond Workman | |
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Occupation | (1939)
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Racing awards | |
United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1930, 1932) United States Champion Jockey by wins (1930) | |
Honors | |
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1956) Washington Hall of Stars | |
Significant horses | |
Discovery, Equipoise, Ladysman, Menow, Questionnaire, Seabiscuit, Top Flight, Victorian, Whichone, Whiskery |
Raymond "Sonny" Workman (May 24, 1909 – August 21, 1966) was an
Born in
In 1930, Sonny Workman was both the United States Champion Jockey by earnings and Champion by total wins while achieving it with a 27% rate of wins to mounts. In 1932 he was the earnings leader a second time.
On January 21, 1930, he was married to Marion Elizabeth Burch of Washington, D.C.[4]
Triple Crown races
During his career, Sonny Workman competed in four Kentucky Derbys with his best result two fourth-place finishes. He made eight starts in the Preakness Stakes, winning it in his first try in 1928 at age eighteen. From his other Preakness mounts, his best results were a second with Ladysman in 1933 and a third aboard Menow in 1938. He rode in the Belmont Stakes on eight occasions, finishing second five times. He was runner-up with Whichone in 1930, Osculator in 1932, Nimbus in 1933, Firethorn in 1935, and Belay in 1939.
1928 Preakness Stakes
Not entered in that year's Kentucky Derby, Harry Whitney's colt, Victorian with Sonny Workman aboard, won the May 11, 1928, Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course.[5] Making his debut in the Belmont Stakes, Workman rode Victorian to a fifth-place finish.
In 1937, Sonny Workman signed to ride for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Jr. However, for years he had battled weight gain [6] and his exceptional riding skills were increasingly being hampered by the need for constant dieting. Those weight problems led to his early retirement in 1940, a year in which he became a founding vice-president of the Jockeys' Guild. In 1941 he returned to live in Washington, D.C., where he managed his real estate investments.
In 1956, Raymond Workman was inducted in the United States'
References
- ^ Raymond Workman at the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
- ^ "Los Angeles Times - December 17, 1935". Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ "Chicago Daily Tribune - June 26, 1932". Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ New York Times - January 22, 1930
- ^ May 12, 1928 New York Times article on Sonny Workman's win in the Preakness Stakes
- ^ Hartford Courant - March 4, 1935
- ^ Raymond Workman's August 22, 1966 obituary at the New York Times
- ^ Washington Post - August 12, 1997