Walter Blum, born in Brooklyn, New York on 28 September 1934 and died on 14 March 2024, was an American jockey who won 4,382 races in a 22 year career despite being blind in his right eye since the age of two. He rode his first winner at Saratoga in 1953, rode mainly on East Coast tracks, and on 19 June 1961 won six races on a single card at Monmouth Park. He won more races than any other American jockey in 1963 and 1964 and received the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award for 1964. His best known victory was the 1971 Belmont Stakes on the 34 to 1 outsider Pass Catcher, which denied Canonero II the Triple Crown. He served as president of the Jockeys' Guild from 1969 to 1974 and entered the United States Racing Hall of Fame in 1987.
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was an American jockey who won 4,382 races in a 22-year career
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He won the 1971 Belmont Stakes as the jockey of 34-1 long shot Pass Catcher
Competed In: Kentucky Derby, Achievements
He rode in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes on two occasions
Competed In: Preakness Stakes, Achievements
He rode in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes on two occasions
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