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Johnny Longden

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John Eric "Johnny" Longden (February 14, 1907 – February 14, 2003) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England. [1]

85 relations: Adirondack Stakes, Alberta Ranches, Ltd., Alfred Smith Barnes, Avelino Gomez Memorial Award, Banning, California, Bay Meadows Racetrack, Belmont Derby, Belmont Stakes, Bing Crosby Stakes, Breeders' Futurity Stakes, Brooklyn Invitational Stakes, Busher (horse), California, Canada, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, Canadian Derby, Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame, Canadian International Stakes, Champagne Stakes (United States), Count Fleet, Del Mar Derby, Del Mar Futurity, Del Mar Handicap, Del Mar Oaks, Eclipse Award, Eclipse Special Award, England, Eric Longden, Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame, Four-and-Twenty, Gazelle Stakes, George Royal, George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes, Gordon Richards, Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap, Hollywood Derby, Hopeful Stakes, Horse racing, Horse trainer, Jet Pilot (horse), Jockey, Jockeys' Guild, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Lawrence Realization Stakes, Majestic Prince, Matron Stakes (Belmont Park), Max Bell, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, ..., New York City, Noor (horse), Oil painting, Preakness Stakes, Remsen Stakes, RMS Titanic, Rushaway, San Felipe Stakes, San Juan Capistrano Handicap, San Vicente Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Santa Anita Handicap, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga Special Stakes, Southampton, Statue, Swaps (horse), T.V. Lark, Taber, Alberta, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), Triumph Books, United Kingdom, United States, United States Champion Jockey by earnings, United States Champion Jockey by wins, Vance Longden, Wakefield, Washington, D.C. International Stakes, Whirlaway, Withers Stakes, Wood Memorial Stakes, Yellow Ribbon Handicap, Yorkshire, Your Host. Expand index (35 more) »

Adirondack Stakes

The Adirondack Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race first run in 1901.

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Alberta Ranches, Ltd.

Alberta Ranches, Ltd. was a Thoroughbred horse racing partnership between U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey and Kentucky Derby-winning trainer Johnny Longden, his son Vance, and businessmen and Frank McMahon, Wilder H. Ripley, and Max Bell.

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Alfred Smith Barnes

Alfred Smith Barnes (January 28, 1817, in New Haven, Connecticut – February 17, 1888, in Brooklyn, New York) was an American publisher and philanthropist.

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Avelino Gomez Memorial Award

The Avelino Gomez Memorial Award is a Canadian thoroughbred horse racing honour given annually to a jockey who is Canadian-born, Canadian-raised, or a regular in the country for more than five years, who has made significant contributions to the sport.

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Banning, California

Banning is a city in Riverside County, California, United States.

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Bay Meadows Racetrack

Bay Meadows was a horse racing track in San Mateo, California from 1934 until 2008, in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States.

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Belmont Derby

The Belmont Derby is an American Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred race horse run over a distance of miles on the turf at Belmont Park in July.

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Belmont Stakes

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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Bing Crosby Stakes

The Bing Crosby Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.

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Breeders' Futurity Stakes

The Breeders' Futurity Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early October at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Brooklyn Invitational Stakes

The Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (formerly known as the Brooklyn Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on Long Island.

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Busher (horse)

Busher (1942–1955) was a thoroughbred racing filly who was a champion at ages two and three, and the American Horse of the Year in 1945.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canada's Sports Hall of Fame

Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (Panthéon des sports canadiens) is a hall of fame established in 1955 to "preserve the record of Canadian sports achievements and to promote a greater awareness of Canada's heritage of sport.". The Canadian Encyclopedia It is located at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.

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Canadian Derby

The Canadian Derby is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame

The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1976 to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness and thoroughbred horse racing in Canada.

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Canadian International Stakes

The Canadian International Stakes is a Grade I Canadian stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years of age and up on Turf.

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Champagne Stakes (United States)

The Champagne Stakes is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for two-year-old horses.

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Count Fleet

Count Fleet (March 24, 1940 – December 3, 1973) was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse.

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Del Mar Derby

The Del Mar Derby is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually during the first week of September at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.

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Del Mar Futurity

The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.

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Del Mar Handicap

The Del Mar Handicap is an American thoroughbred horse race run each year during the third week of August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.

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Del Mar Oaks

The Del Mar Oaks is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid August at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.

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Eclipse Award

The Eclipse Award is an American thoroughbred horse racing award named after the 18th century British racehorse and sire, Eclipse.

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Eclipse Special Award

The Eclipse Special Award is part of the Eclipse Award program in United States Thoroughbred horse racing.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Eric Longden

Eric Longden was a British cyclecar brand manufactured from 1920 to 1927, originally by the Australian racing driver Eric Longden, and from 1922 by the Air Navigation and Engineering Company from Addlestone (Surrey).

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Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame

The Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame was created in 1971 by the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Louisiana, to honor the horses and people who have played a significant part in the history of the racecourse.

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Four-and-Twenty

Four-and-Twenty (foaled 1958 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Gazelle Stakes

The Gazelle Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race raced annually at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, New York.

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George Royal

George Royal (1961–1981) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse.

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George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award

The George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award has been presented by Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, annually since 1950 to the thoroughbred horse racing jockey in North America who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct, on and off the racetrack.

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Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes

The Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes is a Grade I American thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and older over a distance of miles on the dirt held at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California in May.

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Gordon Richards

Sir Gordon Richards (5 May 1904 – 10 November 1986) was an English jockey.

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Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap

The Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap is a Grade III race for thoroughbred horses run at Hawthorne Race Course in Stickney, Illinois each year.

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Hollywood Derby

The Hollywood Derby is a Grade I American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late November/early December.

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Hopeful Stakes

The Hopeful Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Jet Pilot (horse)

Jet Pilot (March 29, 1944 – March 3, 1967) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Kentucky Derby in 1947.

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Jockey

A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.

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Jockeys' Guild

The Jockeys' Guild Inc. is an American trade association based in Lexington, Kentucky, representing thoroughbred horse racing and American quarter horse professional jockeys.

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Kentucky Derby

The Kentucky Derby, is a horse race that is held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival.

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Kentucky Oaks

The Kentucky Oaks is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred fillies staged annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

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Lawrence Realization Stakes

The Lawrence Realization Stakes was an American horse race first run on the turf in 1889.

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Majestic Prince

Majestic Prince (March 19, 1966 – April 22, 1981) was a Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Matron Stakes (Belmont Park)

The Matron Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually during the Fall at Belmont Park in Elmont, Long Island, New York (but was just lately a Spring/Summer event along with the Futurity Stakes).

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Max Bell

George Maxwell "Max" Bell (October 13, 1912 – July 19, 1972) was a Canadian newspaper publisher, race horse owner and philanthropist.

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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.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Noor (horse)

Noor (1945 – November 16, 1974) was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Champion who competed successfully in the United Kingdom and the United States.

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Oil painting

Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder.

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Preakness Stakes

The Preakness Stakes is an American flat thoroughbred horse race held on the third Saturday in May each year at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Remsen Stakes

The Remsen Stakes is an American Grade II race for Thoroughbred horse race run annually near the end of November at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, New York.

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RMS Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.

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Rushaway

Rushaway (foaled 1933 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse whose enduring legacy was his two Derby wins on consecutive days in two different states. Owned and trained by Alfred Tarn, in both races, Rushaway was ridden by tarn's son-in-law, the future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Longden. On Friday afternoon, May 22, 1936, Rushaway won the Illinois Derby at Aurora Downs in Aurora, Illinois. That night, Tarn shipped the three-year-old gelding three hundred miles south via express train to the Latonia Race Track in Latonia, Kentucky where on Saturday he won the Latonia Derby. Rushaway's feat of endurance is still talked about more than eighty years later.

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San Felipe Stakes

The San Felipe Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

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San Juan Capistrano Handicap

The San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap is an American invitational handicap Thoroughbred horse race run annually on turf at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

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San Vicente Stakes

The San Vicente Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park.

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Santa Anita Derby

The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

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Santa Anita Handicap

The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in early March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

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Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park is a Thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States.

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Saratoga Special Stakes

The Saratoga Special Stakes is an American grade II thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid-August at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, New York.

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Southampton

Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.

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Statue

A statue is a sculpture, representing one or more people or animals (including abstract concepts allegorically represented as people or animals), free-standing (as opposed to a relief) and normally full-length (as opposed to a bust) and at least close to life-size, or larger.

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Swaps (horse)

Swaps (March 1, 1952 – November 3, 1972) was a California bred American thoroughbred racehorse.

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T.V. Lark

T.V. Lark (February 12 1957 – 1975) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.

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Taber, Alberta

Taber is a town in southern Alberta, Canada within the Municipal District of Taber.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), often informally known as the Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian, Christian restorationist church that is considered by its members to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ.

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Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States)

In the United States, the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, commonly known as the Triple Crown, is a title awarded to a three-year-old Thoroughbred horse who wins the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

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Triumph Books

Triumph Books is a Chicago-based sports book publisher.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Champion Jockey by earnings

There is recognition for the United States Champion Jockey by earnings but no formal award is given to the jockey whose mounts earned the most purse money in American Thoroughbred racing.

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United States Champion Jockey by wins

There is no formal championship award given to the jockey who won the most races in United States Thoroughbred racing.

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Vance Longden

Vance Longden (March 14, 1930 – January 7, 2003) was an American Thoroughbred horse trainer based in California.

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Wakefield

Wakefield is a city in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Calder and the eastern edge of the Pennines, which had a population of 99,251 at the 2011 census.

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Washington, D.C. International Stakes

The Baltimore Washington International Turf Cup is an American Grade II invitational horse race.

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Whirlaway

Whirlaway (April 2, 1938 – April 6, 1953) was an American champion thoroughbred racehorse.

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Withers Stakes

The Withers Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds willing to compete one and one-sixteenth mile on the dirt.

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Wood Memorial Stakes

The Wood Memorial Stakes is an American flat Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds held annually in April at Aqueduct Racetrack in Ozone Park, Queens, New York.

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Yellow Ribbon Handicap

The Yellow Ribbon Handicap (formerly known as the Palomar Handicap) is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California.

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Yorkshire

Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.

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Your Host

Your Host (1947–1961) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Longden

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