Ruperto Donoso

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Ruperto Donoso
Occupation
Whitney Handicap (1947)
Demoiselle Stakes (1947)
Dwyer Stakes (1947)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1947)
Long Branch Handicap (1948)
Massachusetts Handicap (1948)
Merchants and Citizens Handicap
(1948)

American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1947)

Significant horses
Phalanx, Take Wing

Ruperto Donoso (November 10, 1914 - August 16, 2001) was a jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing best known for riding Phalanx to victory in the 1947 Belmont Stakes.[1] He also rode Gilded Knight to a second-place finish in the 1939 Preakness Stakes.[2]

A native of

Santiago, Chile, Donoso rode in Santiago and at the Hipódromo de Monterrico in Lima, Peru
before moving to the United States and riding under contract to Alfred G. Vanderbilt's racing stable.

Ruperto Donoso was required to do mandatory service with the

U.S. Triple Crown series, superstar jockey Eddie Arcaro rode Phalanx to a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and to a third in the Preakness Stakes. It was then that trainer Syl Veitch decided to replace Arcaro with the C. V. Whitney stable's secondary jockey in the Belmont Stakes. Donoso had ridden Phalanx to two wins in 1946 but as the stable's first string jockey, Arcaro had had first choice on all mounts. [1]

Among his other success, Donoso guided Many Stings to a half-length victory over

Hialeah Park. The win brought Leo J. Mark's Le Mar Stock Farm the $52,000 winner's share of the purse.[3]

References

  1. ^ "79th Running -1947-Phalanx" (PDF). Belmontstakes.com (NYRA). 1947-05-31. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  2. ^ "Daily Racing Form Charts: Pimlico". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1939-05-15. Retrieved 2020-01-14.
  3. New York Times
    , page 77. 1940-03-03. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
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