William Harmatz

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

William Harmatz (February 9 1931 – January 27 2011) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the 1959 Preakness Stakes aboard Royal Orbit. The recipient of the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1960 given to a jockey who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct on and off the racetrack Harmatz was inducted in the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

award

George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

birth date

1931-02-09

birth place

Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania, United States

death date

2011-01-27

honours

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame

occupation

Jockey

race

American Handicap, Los Angeles Handicap, Preakness Stakes, Graduation Stakes, Best Pal Stakes, Black-Eyed Susan Stakes, Californian Stakes, Del Mar Derby, Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap, La Jolla Handicap, Milady Handicap, San Diego Handicap, Willard L. Proctor Memorial Stakes, Bowling Green Handicap, Baldwin Stakes, San Antonio Handicap, San Carlos Handicap, San Felipe Stakes, San Gabriel Handicap, Strub Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Ashland Stakes, Beldame Stakes, Bing Crosby Stakes, Del Mar Oaks, Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap, Shoemaker Mile Stakes, Sapling Stakes, Oceanside Stakes, Balboa_Handicap

race horse

Round Table (horse), Silky Sullivan, T.V. Lark, Find_(horse)

wins

1770