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Heliodoro Gustines |
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Occupation |
Jockey |
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Born | 1940
Panama City,
Panama |
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Career wins | Not found |
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Queens County Handicap (1960, 1967)
Lexington Handicap (1961)
Long Island Handicap (1961, 1966)
Man O' War Stakes (1961)
New York Handicap (1961, 1970)
Edgemere Handicap (1962)
Coaching Club American Oaks (1963)
United Nations Handicap (1964)
Stuyvesant Handicap (1964, 1976)
Woodbine Oaks Stakes (1965)
Ladies Handicap (1967)
Black Helen Handicap (1968)
Comely Stakes (1968)
Tremont Stakes (1968)
Dwyer Stakes (1968, 1973)
Saranac Handicap (1968, 1973)
Woodward Stakes (1968, 1974, 1975)
Fashion Stakes (1969)
Prince of Wales Stakes (1969)
Stymie Handicap (1969)
Monmouth Handicap (1970)
Morris Handicap (1971)
Columbiana Handicap (1973)
Cowdin Stakes (1973)
Roamer Handicap (1973)
Alabama Stakes (1974)
E. P. Taylor Stakes (1974)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1974)
Vosburgh Stakes (1974)
Carter Handicap (1974, 1975)
Brooklyn Handicap (1974, 1975, 1976)
Widener Handicap (1974, 1975, 1976)
Metropolitan Handicap (1976)
Royal Palm Handicap (1976)
American Classic Race wins:
Belmont Stakes (1968) |
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Chompion,
Lamb Chop,
Forego,
Northern Queen,
Stage Door Johnny,
Stop The Music |
Heliodoro Gustines (born 1940 in
Panama City,
Panama) is a retired
Panamanian-born
jockey and
horse trainer. In 1967,
Time magazine called him "the best grass-course rider in the United States".
[1]
Gustines is best known as a jockey of
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee
Forego whom he rode in 31 consecutive races, winning 21 of them.
[2] The most important win in his riding career came in an
American Classic Triple Crown race on June 1, 1968, when he rode
Stage Door Johnny to victory in 2:27 1/5 in the
Belmont Stakes.
[3] The following year, aboard
Sharp-Eyed Quillo, he won the second leg of the
Canadian Triple Crown, the
Prince of Wales Stakes.
[4]
After retiring as a jockey, Heliodoro Gustines took up
training.
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