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William John
Hartack Jr. (December 9, 1932 –
November 26, 2007) was an
American jockey.
Referred to by the
media as both "Bill" and "Willie" (
Hartack detested...
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distance of ten
furlongs in 2:03.
Hartack was
satisfied with the colt's abilities. "He is a
small horse," said
Hartack, "but he has lots of
brawn and lots...
- The Bill
Hartack Memorial Handicap is an
American Thoroughbred horse race run at
Hawthorne Race
Course in Stickney/Cicero,
Illinois in the
early spring...
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Aaron Gryder Mario Gutierrez Ira
Hanford Noel
Harris David Harrison Bill
Hartack Sandy Hawley Chris Hayes Frank Hayes Seamie Heffernan Brian Hernandez Jr...
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November 2,
winning by 12
lengths despite carrying 136 pounds.
Jockey Bill
Hartack,
riding the
third place finisher,
commented after the race, "I don't know...
- won his
first Kentucky Derby in 1938
aboard Lawrin. He is tied with Bill
Hartack for most
Derby wins with five, and has the most wins in the
Preakness and...
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seventeenth run of the season. In the
Cowdin Stakes on
October 3,
ridden by Bill
Hartack, he
turned into the
straight in
third before producing a
strong late run...
- Wins
Mounts Years Won
Eddie Arcaro 5 21 1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952 Bill
Hartack 12 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1969 Bill
Shoemaker 4 26 1955, 1959, 1965, 1986...
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Prince won both of his
starts in his 1968 fall campaign.
Ridden by Bill
Hartack, at age three, he
quickly became the
dominant three-year-old in West Coast...
- rush for the wire, and he
finished second to Iron Liege,
ridden by Bill
Hartack. At the 1986
Kentucky Derby,
Shoemaker became the
oldest jockey ever to...
