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- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) abstract "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. There, in 1941 he won the Arlington Matron Stakes and in 1942 rode the Hal Price Headley-owned Lotopoise to victory in the first running of the Modesty Stakes. Brooks later rode the prestigious Calumet Farm horses when they raced at Arlington Park and for three straight years from 1947 through 1949 won Arlington's riding title. In 1948 Steve Brooks won six races in a single day at Churchill Downs then at the same track the following year won the Kentucky Derby's Diamond Jubilee aboard Calumet Farm's colt, Ponder. Sent off by bettors at 16:1 odds, Brooks brought the colt from last in the field of fourteen horses to win going away over the Greentree Stable colt, Capot. Brooks went on to become the 1949 Champion Jockey by total earnings and runnerup in total wins. Steve Brooks set a world record for the mile aboard the U.S. Triple Crown Champion Citation in winning the 1950 Golden Gate Mile at Golden Gate Fields. He also rode Citation to victory in the 1951 Hollywood Gold Cup, a win that made Citation the first horse in history to earn more than $1 million. In the 1959 Citation Handicap, an exhibition race at Washington Park Racetrack to honor the great horse, Brooks rode Round Table to victory. [1] [2] In 1952, he rode Charles T. Fisher's Sub Fleet to a second place finish in the Kentucky Derby and to fifth in the Preakness Stakes. At age forty in 1961, Steve Brooks was the leading jockey at Monmouth Park and on April 8, 1963 became only the fifth jockey in American Thoroughbred racing history to win 4,000 races. He retired in 1970, but continued working with racehorses. He made a comeback in 1975 but rode for only a short time. In 1979, while exercising a horse, Brooks was thrown to the ground and died as a result of his injuries.".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) award George_Woolf_Memorial_Jockey_Award.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) award United_States_Champion_Jockey_by_earnings.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) birthDate "1922-08-12".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) birthPlace Culbertson,_Nebraska.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) deathDate "1979-09-23".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) honours National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) occupation Jockey.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Alcibiades_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race American_Derby.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington-Washington_Futurity_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington-Washington_Lassie_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington_Classic.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington_Matron_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Ashland_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Ben_Ali_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Blue_Grass_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Breeders'_Futurity_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Brooklyn_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Clark_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Coaching_Club_American_Oaks.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Excelsior_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Hawthorne_Gold_Cup_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Hollywood_Gold_Cup.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Kentucky_Derby.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Lafayette_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Manhattan_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Modesty_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Molly_Pitcher_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Narragansett_Special.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race New_York_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Phoenix_Stakes_(United_States).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race San_Antonio_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race San_Vicente_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Santa_Margarita_Invitational_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Stars_and_Stripes_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Strub_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Travers_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race United_States_Triple_Crown_of_Thoroughbred_Racing.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Washington_Park_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Bewitch.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Citation_(horse).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Coaltown.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Devil_Diver.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Hill_Gail.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Ponder_(horse).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Princequillo.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Round_Table_(horse).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Stymie_(horse).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) raceHorse Two_Lea.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) wikiPageExternalLink rtble.htm.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) wikiPageExternalLink jockey.asp?ID=170.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) wikiPageExternalLink roundtable.html.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) wikiPageID "12608960".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) wikiPageRevisionID "551282504".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) wins "4451".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) awards George_Woolf_Memorial_Jockey_Award.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) awards United_States_Champion_Jockey_by_earnings.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) birthDate "1922-08-12".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) birthPlace Culbertson,_Nebraska.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) careerWins "4451".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) deathDate "1979-09-23".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) hasPhotoCollection Steve_Brooks_(jockey).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) honours National_Museum_of_Racing_and_Hall_of_Fame.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) horses Citation_(horse).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) horses Devil_Diver.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) horses Ponder_(horse).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) horses Princequillo.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) horses Stymie_(horse).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) horses "Two Lea, Bewitch, Coaltown, Hill Gail, Round Table".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) name "Steve Brooks".
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) occupation Jockey.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Alcibiades_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race American_Derby.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington-Washington_Futurity_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington-Washington_Lassie_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington_Classic.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Arlington_Matron_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Ashland_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Ben_Ali_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Black-Eyed_Susan_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Blue_Grass_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Breeders'_Futurity_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Brooklyn_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Clark_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Coaching_Club_American_Oaks.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Excelsior_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Hawthorne_Gold_Cup_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Hollywood_Gold_Cup.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Kentucky_Derby.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Lafayette_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Manhattan_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Modesty_Handicap.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Molly_Pitcher_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race New_York_Stakes.
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race Phoenix_Stakes_(United_States).
- Steve_Brooks_(jockey) race San_Antonio_Handicap.