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| Bobby Ussery |
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| Occupation: |
Jockey |
| Birthplace: |
Oklahoma, United States |
| Birth date: |
1935 |
| Career wins: |
3,611 |
| Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards |
| Major Racing Wins |
Canadian International Stakes (1955)
Manhattan Handicap (1957, 1967)
Sport Page Handicap (1957)
Whitney Handicap (1957)
Alabama Stakes (1958)
Cowdin Stakes (1958)
Travers Stakes (1958)
Jamaica Handicap (1959)
Queen's Plate (1959)
Toboggan Handicap (1959)
Flamingo Stakes (1960)
Florida Derby (1960)
Hopeful Stakes (1960)
Preakness Stakes (1960)
Tremont Stakes (1960, 1961)
Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1961)
Gotham Stakes (1961, 1965)
Fall Highweight Handicap (1961)
Mother Goose Stakes (1961)
Coaching Club American Oaks (1962)
Matron Stakes (1962, 1964)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1963)
Brooklyn Handicap (1963, 1971)
Withers Stakes (1964, 1965)
Edgemere Handicap (1965)
Stuyvesant Handicap (1965)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1965, 1968)
Morris Handicap (1966)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1966)
Stymie Handicap (1966)
Kentucky Derby (1967, 1968)
Carter Handicap (1969, 1970)
Comely Stakes (1970) |
| Honours |
| United states Racing Hall of Fame (1980) |
| Significant Horses |
New Providence, Hail To Reason, Bally Ache
Proud Clarion, Dancer's Image |
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Infobox last updated on: March 22, 2007.
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Robert N. "Bobby" Ussery (born 1935 in Oklahoma) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. He began his career as a jockey in 1951 and by the end of the decade had won the Travers Stakes, Whitney Stakes and Alabama Stakes. Riding Windfields Farm's colt New Providence, in 1959 he won Canada's most prestigious race, the Queen's Plate.
Ussery's best finish in the Belmont Stakes was in 1959 aboard the colt, Bagdad. In 1960 he won the Hopeful Stakes aboard that year's Eclipse Award 2-year-old champion, Hail To Reason. That same year he rode Bally Ache to victory in the Florida Derby and the Flamingo Stakes enroute to a second place finish in the Kentucky Derby and then a win in the Preakness Stakes. In 1967 Ussery won the Kentucky Derby on Proud Clarion and won it again in 1968 aboard Dancer's Image. However, after phenylbutazone was found in Dancer's Image's post-race urine test he was set back to last but the official Kentucky Derby website now names both Dancer's Image and Forward Pass as the winner.
Bobby Ussery retired in 1974 having won 3,611 races. In 1980, he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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