William Boland

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

William Norris Bill Boland (born July 16 1933 at Corpus Christi Texas) is a retired American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Boland began his riding career in 1949 at Belmont Park in Elmont New York. While still a sixteen-year-old apprentice in 1950 he won the Kentucky Oaks aboard Ari’s Mona then the following day rode Middleground to victory in the Kentucky Derby. Boland missed winning the U.S.

award

George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

birth date

1933-07-16

birth place

Corpus Christi Texas, United States

honours

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

occupation

Jockey

race

Kentucky Derby, San Miguel Stakes, Stymie Handicap, Gallant Fox Handicap, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Arlington Handicap, Dwyer Stakes, Massachusetts Handicap, Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap, Widener Handicap, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Santa Anita Handicap, San Antonio Handicap, San Felipe Stakes, San Luis Obispo Handicap, San Marcos Stakes, San Pasqual Handicap, Robert B. Lewis Stakes, Philip H. Iselin Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Wood Memorial Stakes, Acorn Stakes, Alabama Stakes, Diana Stakes, Frizette Stakes, Malibu Stakes, Man o' War Stakes, Metropolitan Handicap, Ogden Phipps Handicap, Santa Anita Oaks, Santa Maria Handicap, Spinaway Stakes, Suburban Handicap, Whitney Handicap, Belmont Futurity Stakes, Woodbine Oaks, Tokyo City Cup, Narragansett Special

race horse

Middleground, Beau Purple, Porterhouse (horse), Sword Dancer, Kissin' George, Amberoid, Terrang

wins

2049