Albert Johnson

Albert M. Johnson, born 18 November 1900 and died 18 September 1966, was an American jockey and later trainer who entered the United States Racing Hall of Fame. Born in Milan, Washington, he began riding in 1917 at Playfair Race Track in Spokane, was signed by the trainer Stuart Polk and soon moved to California and then to the New York circuit. He was the regular rider of the unbeaten two-year-old Morvich and won the 1922 Kentucky Derby on him, and in 1922 he finished as the leading jockey in the United States by earnings. In all he won four American Classic Races, including a second Kentucky Derby on Bubbling Over in 1926 and the Belmont Stakes in 1925 and 1926. He rode steeplechase races in France from 1929 because of weight problems, then trained horses, including for Bing Crosby, and later worked as a racetrack timer in California.