Alfred M. Robertson

Alfred Masson Robertson (1911 to 1975) was a Hall of Fame jockey in American Thoroughbred racing. Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he came to the United States as a child, and began his professional career in 1927 riding for his father, a racehorse owner and trainer. He later rode for leading stables, among them those of the Whitney family, Ethel V. Mars and Isabel Dodge Sloane, and for Calumet Farm he rode Triple Crown champion Whirlaway to wins in the American Derby, the Lawrence Realization Stakes and the Travers Stakes. He twice rode six winners in a single day, at Oriental Park in Havana in 1928 and at Jamaica Race Course in New York in 1941. His best Kentucky Derby finish was third in 1937. He helped found the Jockeys' Guild in 1940, was named best rider by the New York Turf Writers' Association in 1942, retired in 1943 and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1971.