Steve Cauthen
Steve Cauthen (born May 1, 1960 in Walton , Kentucky ) is an American former jockey . Cauthen was one of the pre-eminent jockeys in America and Europe in the 1970s and 1980s .
Life
Cauthen came into contact with equestrian sports as a young child . His father was a farrier and rode rodeo horses, his mother was a horse trainer. His first professional race denied Cauthen on May 12, 1976 at Churchill Downs, this race he finished last. A week later, however, he won a race in Red Pipe. In his second season in 1977, he became the first jockey to win more than 6 million US dollars in prize money within one season . In the 1978 season he won the US Triple Crown as the youngest jockey in history . From 1979 onwards, Cauthen competed more and more races in Europe, where he successfully races in England , Ireland , France , Germany and Italy in the following years . In his career he won a total of 2,794 races, which corresponds to a victory rate of 19.10%.
Greatest successes
- US champion jockey, 1977
- Winner Triple Crown , 1978
- British champion jockey , 1984,1985,1987
- Ascot Gold Cup , 1984, 1987
- Irish Derby , 1989
Awards
- Sports Illustrated , Sportsman of the year 1977
- US Athlete of the Year 1977
- Inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame in 1994
Individual evidence
- ↑ DERBY LEGENDS: Steve Cauthen. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
- ^ Munzinger-Archiv GmbH, Ravensburg: Steve Cauthen - Munzinger biography. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Bill Dwyre: Steve Cauthen remembers the load Triple Crown . In: Los Angeles Times . April 17, 2015, ISSN 0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed August 29, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Steve Cauthen | National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Steve Cauthen: 'The Kid'. Retrieved August 29, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cauthen, Steve |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American former jockey |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Walton , Kentucky |