Donald R. Pierce

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

Donald H. Pierce (born April 13 1937 in Clebit Oklahoma) is a retired U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey in thoroughbred horse racing.Based in California Pierce earned his first win in 1954 and went on to become a leading jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1967 he was voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award which honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.

award

George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

birth date

1937-04-13

birth place

Oklahoma, United States, Clebit_Oklahoma

honours

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

occupation

Jockey

race

Santa Anita Derby, Sanford Stakes, Lawrence Realization Stakes, Los Angeles Handicap, Californian Stakes, Del Mar Derby, Del Mar Handicap, Hollywood Oaks, San Diego Handicap, Schuylerville Stakes, Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Ana Stakes, Santa Barbara Handicap, Santa Ynez Stakes, California Breeders' Champion Stakes, Longacres Mile Handicap, Acorn Stakes, Del Mar Debutante Stakes, Del Mar Oaks, Hollywood Derby, Hopeful Stakes, Santa Anita Oaks, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, Santa Maria Handicap, Santa Monica Stakes, Bay Meadows Handicap

race horse

Flying Paster, Ack Ack (horse), Hill Rise, Silky Sullivan, Triple Bend, Quack (horse), Kennedy Road (horse), Amerigo_Lady, Princessnessian

wins

3546