Bobby Ussery

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

Robert Nelson Bobby Ussery (born 1935 in Vian Oklahoma) is a retired American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. His first race as a professional jockey came at Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans on November 22 1951 where he rode Reticule to victory in the Thanksgiving Handicap. By the end of the decade he had won the Travers Whitney and Alabama Stakes.Riding Windfields Farm’s colt New Providence in 1959 he won Canada’s most prestigious race the Queen’s Plate.

birth date

1935-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

birth place

Vian Oklahoma, United States

honours

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

occupation

Jockey

race

Kentucky Derby, Travers Stakes, Saratoga Special Stakes, Lawrence Realization Stakes, Stymie Handicap, Toboggan Handicap, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Canadian International Stakes, Queen's Plate, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Flamingo Stakes, Gotham Stakes, Sport Page Handicap, Stuyvesant Handicap, Brooklyn Handicap, Red Smith Handicap, Withers Stakes, Tremont Stakes, Fall Highweight Handicap, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Wood Memorial Stakes, Alabama Stakes, Carter Handicap, Coaching Club American Oaks, Comely Stakes, Florida Derby, Hopeful Stakes, Manhattan Handicap, Matron Stakes (United States), Mother Goose Stakes, Personal Ensign Stakes, Whitney Handicap, Jamaica Handicap, Cowdin Stakes, Narragansett Special

race horse

Proud Clarion, New Providence (horse), Dancer's Image, Hail To Reason, Bally Ache

wins

3611