Bill Hartack

Bill Hartack (1932 to 2007) was an American Thoroughbred jockey who grew up on a farm in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Between 1953 and 1974 he rode 4,272 winners from 21,535 mounts in the United States, then raced in Hong Kong until retiring in 1981. He and Eddie Arcaro are the only jockeys to win the Kentucky Derby five times, and Hartack also won three Preakness Stakes and one Belmont Stakes, taking the national champion title six times. He led the country in races won four times and was the first rider to earn 3 million dollars in purses in a season. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1959 at age 26, he worked as a steward and racing official afterwards and died in Texas on November 26, 2007.