American jockey
Walter Miller |
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Occupation | Jockey |
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Born | 1890 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
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Died | 1959 |
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Career wins | 1,094
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United States: Excelsior Handicap (1905, 1906) Santa Anita Handicap (Ascot Park) (1905, 1906) Sheepshead Bay Handicap (1905, 1906, 1908) Alabama Stakes (1906) Brighton Mile (1906) Brighton Junior Stakes (1906, 1907) Broadway Stakes (1906) Champagne Stakes (1906, 1907) Edgemere Handicap (1906) Foam Stakes (1906) Flying Handicap (1906) Great Trial Stakes (1906, 1907) Huron Handicap (1906, 1907) Junior Champion Stakes (1906, 1907) Matron Stakes (1906, 1907) National Stallion Stakes (1906, 1907) Pansy Stakes (1906) Russet Stakes (1906) Second Special Stakes (1906) Toboggan Handicap (1906) Travers Stakes (1906) Vernal Stakes (1906, 1907) Zephyr Stakes (1906) Belles Stakes (1907) Belmont Futurity Stakes (1907) Brooklyn Handicap (1907) Dwyer Stakes (1907) Flatbush Stakes (1907) Laureate Stakes (1907) Oakdale Handicap (1907) Pierrepont Handicap (1907) Rancho Del Paso Stakes (1907) Saratoga Cup (1907) Saratoga Handicap (1907) Saratoga Special Stakes (1907) Double Event Stakes (part 1) (1908) Spindrift Stakes (1908) Tidal Stakes (1908) Juvenile Stakes (1909)
Europe: Preis des Winterfavoriten (1909) This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (July 2019)
American Classic race wins: Preakness Stakes (1906) |
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United States Champion Jockey by wins (1906, 1907) |
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U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1955) International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame (1983) |
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Ballot, Charles Edward, Colin, Peter Pan, Running Water, Whimsical |
Walter Miller (1890–1959) was an American jockey.[1][2][3]
Miller was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
He rode in his first race at age 14.[5] At the age of 16, he won 388 races, a record not broken until Anthony DeSpirito did it in 1952. Between the years 1905 and 1908 Miller won 1,094 races from 4,336 mounts for an extraordinary 25.2 winning percentage.[2][3][5][7] He led the U.S. in victories in both 1906 and 1907.[8]
In 1906, he won the Preakness on Whimsical.[8][9] He also won the Travers Stakes, Alabama Stakes, Champagne Stakes, Saratoga Special Stakes, and Brooklyn Handicap.[8]
He was the United States National Riding Champion in 1906 and 1907.[3][5][10]
In his career, more than half the time his horse finished "in the money".[5][8] On July 29, 1906, Walter Miller rode five winners on a single racecard at Brighton Beach Race Course.[11] He set a record by riding eight consecutive winners, over a two-day period at Benning Race Track.[5] His career ended in the United States after he gained weight as a late teenager.[8] In 1909 and 1910 he rode primarily in Australia and Europe where weight restrictions were less stringent.[8]
Walter Miller was inducted into the U.S. Racing Racing Hall of Fame in 1955, into the Jockey Hall of Fame in 1957,[citation needed] and into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1983.[5][8]
Winning the Futurity, 1915 silent film made by the Walter Miller Feature Film Company [1]