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American jockey
Jimmy Butwell
James Butwell (1913)
Occupation
Jockey Born c. 1892
Michigan ,
United States Died 1956 Career wins 1,402
Flying Handicap (1909)
Belmont Futurity Stakes (1909)
Great Filly Stakes (1909)
Flight Stakes (1909)
Ladies Handicap (1909)
Municipal Handicap (1909, 1914)
Omnium Handicap (1909)
Pierrepont Handicap (1909)
Saratoga Cup (1909, 1915, 1917)
Toboggan Handicap (1909, 1914)
Twin City Handicap (1909)
Withers Stakes (1909, 1913, 1917)
Zephyr Stakes (1909)
Adirondack Stakes (1910)
Champlain Handicap (1910)
Saratoga Handicap (1910, 1915, 1917)
Surf Stakes (1910)
Hamilton Derby (1912)
Kentucky Oaks (1912)
Juvenile Stakes (1913, 1917)
Philadelphia Handicap (1913, 1921)
Fleetwing Handicap (1914)
Huron Handicap (1914, 1915)
Matron Stakes (1914)
Travers Stakes (1914, 1917)
Tremont Stakes (1914, 1916)
Aberdeen Stakes (1915)
Havre de Grace Cup Handicap (1915)
Queens County Handicap (1915)
Excelsior Handicap (1916)
Hudson Stakes (1917)
Saranac Handicap (1917)
Youthful Stakes (1917)
Chesapeake Stakes (1920, 1923)
Fall Highweight Handicap (1922)
Remsen Stakes (1922)
American Classic Race wins
Preakness Stakes (1913)
Belmont Stakes (1910, 1917)
Canadian race wins:
Victoria Stakes (1912)
King Edward Stakes (1920)
King's Plate (1921)
Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap (1925)
Toronto Cup Handicap (1926)
United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1912)
United States Champion Jockey by wins (1920)
United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1984)
Buskin ,
Jack Atkin ,
King James ,
Maskette ,
Sweep ,
Roamer ,
Olambala ,
Omar Khayyam ,
Herendesy ,
Hourless
James H. "Jimmy" Butwell (c. 1892–1956) was an American
Racing Hall of Fame
jockey . His birth year placed at the
Family Search.org website is stated as 1896. However, although there were no
child labor laws in the United States , it seems unlikely that he would have been a professional jockey at age twelve.
[1]
A
Michigan native, before his successful time riding in the
New York City area, Jimmy Butwell began his career at small
race tracks in
Nebraska and
Colorado . Butwell rode for several prominent owners and in 1912, a year he led all North American riders in earnings, he rode Monocacy to victory for
Harry Payne Whitney in the
Victoria Stakes at
Woodbine Racetrack in
Toronto ,
Ontario , Canada.
[2] Of his four mounts in the
Kentucky Derby , Butwell's best finish was third in the
1915 running . He won the
1913 Preakness Stakes and captured the
1910 Belmont Stakes and the
1917 Belmont Stakes .
[3] In 1920 Butwell had more race wins than any jockey in the United States and the following year rode
Herendesy to victory in Canada's most prestigious race, the
King's Plate .
[4]
Jimmy Butwell retired after riding in the 1928 season, then worked as a racing official. Living in
Florida , he was working at
Gulfstream Park when he died in 1956. He was inducted in the United States'
Racing Hall of Fame in 1984.
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