Johnny Longden

Johnny Longden was a Hall of Fame Thoroughbred jockey and trainer, born on 14 February 1907 in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, whose family settled in Taber, Alberta, Canada, and who built his career at Santa Anita Park in California after leaving Canada in 1927. Known to other riders as The Pumper for his riding style, he became racing's winningest jockey in 1956 by passing the record of Sir Gordon Richards, and he retired in 1959 with 6,032 wins from 32,413 mounts. In 1943 he won the American Triple Crown aboard Count Fleet, taking the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes. He later trained horses and in 1969 won the Kentucky Derby again with Majestic Prince, the only person to have won it as both rider and trainer.