Everything about Braulio Baeza totally explained
Braulio Baeza (born
March 26,
1940 in
Panama City,
Panama) is an
American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame
jockey. He began racing in 1955 and in 1960, at the urging of agent
Camilo Marin, moved to compete in the
United States where at the
Keeneland Racecourse he won the very first he competed in.
Braulio Baeza's success in America was instantaneous. He was the leading money winner in American racing from 1965 to 1969, the 1968 winner of the
George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, and the 1972 and 1975 winner of the
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey. During his career, he rode a number of Thoroughbred greats including
Buckpasser,
Graustark,
Dr. Fager, and
Ack Ack. In 1961 he won his first
Belmont Stakes. Two years later he rode to his first
Kentucky Derby victory on
Chateaugay as well as for his second Belmont Stakes win. In 1969 he won the Belmont for the third time onboard future Hall of Famer,
Arts and Letters.
In 1972 Baeza travelled to
York Racecourse in
England where he rode
Roberto to victory over the previously unbeaten
Brigadier Gerard in the inaugural
Benson & Hedges Gold Cup. That same year he went to
Woodbine Racetrack in
Toronto,
Canada where he won the prestigious
Canadian International Stakes. Baeza was the jockey aboard
Foolish Pleasure in the tragic 1975
match race against the great 3-year-old
filly Ruffian, who had to be
euthanized after she pulled up during the race with a broken front ankle.
Braulio Baeza retired in 1976 after having won 3140 races in the United States. He was inducted that same year into the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
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