Donald Alan "Don" Brumfield (born May 24, 1938) is a retired American jockey from Kentucky.
During his thirty-five-year career, Brumfield won 4,573 races in 33,222 rides. He retired from racing in 1989. Brumfield was the "track all-time leading rider in terms of races won (925)" at
Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs is a horse racing complex located on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, famed for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It officially opened in 1875 and was named for Samuel Churchill, whose family was ...
, where he won 16 riding titles. His record was later broken by
Pat Day, who won more than 2,000 races at Churchill Downs in his career.
"Day honored at Churchill Downs"
. NBCSports.com (November 11, 2005) Brumfield rode Kauai King to victory in the 1966 Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...
.
He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American Thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. In 1955, the museum moved to its current location on Union Av ...
in 1996.
Following his retirement from the saddle, Brumfield worked as a racing official at various racetracks. He most recently served as a steward at Gulfstream Park in Florida for their 2015 winter-spring meet. Brumfield often appears at Churchill Downs for promotions honoring past Kentucky Derby winning jockeys.
See also
*Ashland Stakes
The Ashland Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early April at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. It and the Ashland Oaks, the Kentucky Association racetrack's predecessor race, were named for ...
*Camilo Marin Camilo Marin (January 6, 1913 – December 1, 1988) was a Cuban-born jockey's agent who is widely regarded as one of horse racing's most successful agents.
Marin began his career in his native Cuba, working as a groom and an exercise rider at the ...
References
External links
"Two Down, One to Go"
''Time'', Friday, May 27, 1966.
Don Brumfield at National Museum of Racing and Hall of FameKentucky Derby website
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American jockeys
United States Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees
Living people
Sportspeople from Kentucky
1938 births
People from Nicholasville, Kentucky