Laffit Pincay Breaks the Record!
 1993 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Courtesy of Maui Boy
Elected to Racing Hall of Fame in 1975 Won the Eclipse Award as the leading jockey in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, and 1985, more times than any other rider Won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1970 Won the Mike Venezia Memorial Award in 1996 Won the 1985 "Big Sport of Turfdom Award" given by the Turf Publicists of America
Won the Kentucky Derby on Swale (1984) Three straight Belmont Stakes victories for trainer Woody Stephens with Conquistador Cielo (1982), Caveat (1983), and Swale (1984) All-time leading rider at both Santa Anita and Hollywood Park Has seven Breeders' Cup victories with Tasso (1985), Capote (1986), Skywalker (1986), Is It True (1988), Bayakoa (1989 and 1990), and Phone Chatter (1993) First jockey to ride winners of $190 million in purses Won 7 national earnings titles (1970-1975, 1979, 1985)
Affirmed, Althea, Bayakoa, Capote, Conquistado Cielo, Cougar II, Creme Fraiche, Diazo, Family Style, Forty Niner, Gate Dancer, Is It True, John Henry, Landaluce, Phone Chatter, Relaunch, Sham, Skywalker, Spend A Buck, Steinlen, Sunny's Halo, Swale, Tight Spot, Tri Jet |
Laffit Links:
- Video of the record breaking win - from ESPN in Real Video format
- ESPN Article - includes video of the race in several formats and audio quotes from Laffit about the win
- Charts for the record breaking day - from Hollywood Park
- Laffit Pincay fan site - bio, lots of photos, all his jockey star cards, and more. Great site if you love Laffit!
- Hall of Fame Bio
- Photo and bio sketch from Jockeys Guild
- Hollywood Park Bio with photo
- Bio from 1997 Breeders' Cup
- Pincay modelling a polo shirt for the Santa Anita gift shop
- Landaluce with Pincay up - limted edition print
- Fred Stone print "Laffit" signed and numbered by the artist and Pincay
- Phone Chatter with Pincay up
- Top 40 Jockeys by Lifetime Wins - from the Jockeys' Guild
- Top money earners list - jockey for each year whose mounts earned the most money since 1910
- Tying the record - a nice article with photo from ESPN from the race where he tied Shoemaker's record
- Las Vegas Sun - great article by Ralph Siraco with some very good stories about Pincay
- ESPN - Pincay's hard ride to victory
- Orange County Register - a really nice article about Laffit's run for the record
- Blood Horse - Pincay wins the 1999 All-Star Jockey Challenge
- Fox Sports - good article with some new quotes
- Miami Herald - very nice history
Part I - Getting Started (tons of photos)
Part II - Amazing Discipline (another photo and stats)
