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The Winkfield Family
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James Winkfield
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James Winkfield rode in four consecutive Kentucky Derbys: 1900 Thrive, 3rd; 1901 His Eminence, 1st; 1902 Alan-a-Dale, 1st; and 1903 Early, 2nd. Born April 12, 1882 in Chilesburg, KY, he began his career in 1898 with a one-year suspension for causing a four-horse spill in his first race. In 1901, his third full year of riding, Winkfield captured 161 races. He left the U.S. for Russia in 1903 where he rode for the Czar. During his career in Europe, he rode in Poland, Austria, Hungary, Spain France and England. He retired from riding at 48 and purchased a horse farm outside of Paris at Maisons-Lafitte. In 1943, during World War II, he escaped from the Germans. He later returned to his home in France where he died at 92 on March 23, 1974.
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