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Job Dean Jessop (December 4 1926 – January 30 2001) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Born in Utah Job Jessop was just eighteen years old when on August 9 1944 as an apprentice jockey he won six races in one program at Ellis Park Racecourse in Henderson Kentucky. The following year he won more races than any other jockey in the United States finishing the year with 290 victories 103 more than his closest rival.

award
United States Champion Jockey by wins
birth date
1926-12-04
birth place
Utah, United States
death date
2001-01-30
occupation
Jockey
race
Sanford Stakes, Saratoga Special Stakes, Essex Handicap, Queens County Handicap, Oaklawn Handicap, Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes, Lafayette Stakes, Brooklyn Handicap, San Juan Capistrano Handicap, Tremont Stakes, Ashland Stakes, Beldame Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, Carter Handicap, Champagne Stakes (United States), Matron Stakes (United States), Metropolitan Handicap, Jerome Stakes, Sapling Stakes, British_Columbia_Oaks
race horse
Gallorette, Windfields, Triplicate_(horse)

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