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Chris McCarron |
| Riding Career: | 1974-2002 |
| Number of Mounts: | 34,239 |
| Number of Winners: | 7,141 |
| Winning Percentage: | 21% |
Chris McCarron grew up in Massachusetts and began riding in 1974 in Maryland. He counts his brother Gregg, also a jockey, as one of his most important influences. McCarron retired in 2002. Chris McCarron rode his first winner at Bowie Race Course and set a winning apprentice record that is still unbroken. By 1978 he had moved his tack to California, although he continued to ride all over the country in the most important races of each season.
McCarron and Alysheba win the Kentucky Derby
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McCarron has said that his Kentucky Derby win on Alysheba was a career highlight. He was the regular rider for both John Henry and for Alysheba during the years they set earnings records. Significant Mounts | John Henry | Lady's Secret | Paseana | | Alysheba | Sunday Silence | Go for Gin | | Precisionist | Danzig Connection | Turkoman |
Major races won by McCarron include Kentucky Derbys with Alysheba and Go for Gin; five Breeders' Cup Classics aboard Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Alphabet Soup, and twice aboard Tiznow; and two Preakness Stakes, among others. In 1994 McCarron posted his 6,000th win at Hollywood Park. | Awards and Achievements Leading jockey in races won 1974-74, 1980
Leading money-winning lockey,1980-81, 19844, 1991
Eclipse Award, Apprentice Jockey, 1974
Eclipse Award 1980
George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award 1980
Mike Venezia Award 1991
Youngest jockey to win $100 million
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McCarron's impressive career has brought considerable recognition. He was the nation's leading jockey on six occasions, won two Eclipse Awards, and won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, among others. He was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1989.
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