Pat Day

Pat Day is a retired American thoroughbred jockey, born on October 13, 1953 in Brush, Colorado. He learned to ride from his father and took part in rodeo events before he began riding professionally in 1973 at Prescott Downs in Arizona. He rode his first winner, Forblunged, on July 29, 1973, and later became the leading rider at tracks in Arizona and Chicago before moving to the New York circuit in 1976. He was nicknamed Patient Pat for his patient style, with gentle hands and late runs. Day won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey four times and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991. He won nine American Triple Crown races and twelve Breeders' Cup races, including the first Breeders' Cup Classic in 1984 aboard Wild Again, and he retired in 2005 with 8,803 wins.