Albert Snider

Albert Snider (22 October 1921 to 5 March 1948) was a Thoroughbred racing jockey born in Calgary, Alberta, who rode with success in Canada and the United States. He won his first race at Stamford Park racetrack in Niagara Falls, Ontario, on 1 September 1938, and went on to ride at major tracks in New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maryland, Kentucky and Illinois. His best finish in an American Classic was second on Hoop Jr. in the 1945 Preakness Stakes. Signed to ride for Calumet Farm, he became the jockey of the future Hall of Fame horse Citation and won all nine races they ran together, including the 1947 Belmont Futurity Stakes and the 1948 Seminole and Everglades Handicaps. He apparently drowned in a storm while fishing in the Florida Keys on 5 March 1948, and Eddie Arcaro took over on Citation for the Triple Crown.