Steve Brooks (jockey)

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

Steve Brooks (August 12 1922 – September 23 1979) was an American Hall of Fame jockey. The son of a horse dealer he was born in rural Nebraska near the village of Culbertson. He began riding horses as a boy of ten and at age sixteen in 1938 won his first race at an accredited race track.Steve Brooks skills led him to move to Chicago Illinois to race at one of the United States’ major venues Arlington Park.

award

United States Champion Jockey by earnings, George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

birth date

1922-08-12

birth place

Culbertson Nebraska

death date

1979-09-23

honours

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

occupation

Jockey

race

Kentucky Derby, Travers Stakes, Excelsior Stakes, Hollywood Gold Cup, Arlington Handicap, Alcibiades Stakes, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap, Molly Pitcher Stakes, Arlington-Washington Futurity Stakes, Arlington Matron Handicap, Arlington Classic, Ben Ali Stakes, Modesty Handicap, Phoenix Stakes (United States), Lafayette Stakes, Brooklyn Handicap, San Antonio Handicap, San Vicente Stakes, Strub Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, American Derby, Ashland Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, Breeders' Futurity Stakes, Clark Handicap, Coaching Club American Oaks, Manhattan Handicap, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, Washington Park Handicap, New York Stakes, Stars and Stripes Stakes, Arlington-Washington Lassie Stakes, Narragansett Special

race horse

Citation (horse), Bewitch, Two Lea, Princequillo, Stymie (horse), Round Table (horse), Hill Gail, Ponder (horse), Coaltown, Devil Diver

wins

4451