Tommy Luther

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Tommy Luther
OccupationJockey
Born(1908-07-28)July 28, 1908
Santa Barbara Handicap (1935)
Yankee Handicap (1935)
San Antonio Handicap (1936)
San Pasqual Handicap (1936)
San Vicente Stakes (1936)
Rhode Island Handicap (1941)
Capital Handicap (1945)
Vosburgh Handicap (1945)
Jerome Handicap (1945)
Significant horses
Shady Well, Time Supply, Top Row

Thomas Jefferson Luther (July 28, 1908 – January 27, 2001) was an American

Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.[1]

Riding career

In 1928 Tommy Luther won the then "World's Richest Race", the 100k

Agua Caliente Racetrack. He also won the first Narragansett Special in 1934 at Narragansett Park on Time Supply
.

In 1934 Tommy Luther rode Top Row to a new world record for 1 1/16 miles on dirt in the San Francisco Handicap at the Bay Meadows Racetrack in San Mateo, California. Later that year at Havre de Grace, Maryland he rode Time Supply to a new track record for the Havre de Grace Racetrack.[2]

Luther rode for 26 years and then trained horses for another 26 years.[3]

Honors

Tommy Luther helped establish the

Jerry Bailey.[5]

In 2001, Saratoga Mountain Press of Saratoga Springs, New York published Jockeying For Change: Saratoga's Tommy Luther Kindling A Sense Of Humanity In The World Of Thoroughbred Racing written by Ron Farra.[6]

Saratoga Race Course honored Tommy Luther with a 2004 opening day race in his name. The race was won by Right This Way who was ridden by Jose Espinoza for trainer Barclay Tagg.[7]

In 2011, American racing fans formed the Tommy Luther History and Fan Club.[8]

Thommy Luther was buried at Greenridge Cemetery in Saratoga Springs, New York.

References

  1. ^ February 1, 2011 Bloodhorse.com article titled "Tommy Luther, Jockeys' Guild Founder, Dead" Retrieved July 18, 2018
  2. ^ Chicago Tribune - December 9, 1934
  3. ^ Thoroughbred Times obituary for Tommy Luther
  4. ^ "History of the Jockeys Guild". Archived from the original on 2015-10-12. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  5. ^ The Saratogian, July 26, 2006 Retrieved June 23, 2018
  6. ISBN 9780966638509
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  7. ^ The Saratogian, July 29, 2004, article on opening day race to honor Tommy Luther Retrieved July 9, 2018
  8. ^ The Saratogian, June 7, 2011 article titled "Tommy Luther History and Fan Club to meet" Retrieved July 14, 2018]
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