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- Eric_Guerin abstract "Oliver Eric Guerin (23 October 1924 – 21 March 1993) is an American Hall of Fame jockey. Eric Guerin was born in Maringouin, Louisiana, in Cajun backwater country, twenty-four miles west of Baton Rouge. The son of an impoverished Cajun blacksmith, older cousin Norman Leblanc had become a jockey then a horse trainer and in 1938 the fourteen-year-old Guerin quit school to go to work for his cousin at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. For two years, the teenager cleaned out horse stalls and began learning to ride by exercising horses. He then signed a contract to work for a Texas businessman's stable, a job that afforded him the opportunity to travel to racetracks around the country. Before long, his contract was sold to another stable owner, a common practise at the time, and Guerin began his career as a thoroughbred horse racing jockey in 1941 at the age of sixteen at Narragansett Park near Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Riding for a top stable proved to be Guerin's big break as a year later he was the United States' leading apprentice jockey. Within a few years, Eric Guerin was a highly regarded jockey on the East Coast racing circuit and in 1944 was involved in a racing rarity when he was part of a triple dead heat for first place in the Carter Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack.Known for his cool head and steady hand, Eric Guerin was hired by cosmetics magnate Elizabeth Arden to ride for her Maine Chance Farm. Teamed up with future Hall of Fame trainer Tom Smith, he rode Jet Pilot to victory in the 1947 Kentucky Derby. His reputation soon led to a lucrative contract offer from Alfred G. Vanderbilt II to join his Sagamore Stable. There, working with another future Hall of Fame trainer, Bill Winfrey, Guerin was soon scoring numerous important victories, notably with Champion fillies Bed o'Roses and Next Move.In 1952, thoroughbred racing gained a multitude of new fans when the Kentucky Derby was broadcast on television for the first time. That year, Guerin rode Native Dancer through an undefeated season with the colt earning the Eclipse Award as Champion 2-year-oldand was voted Horse of the Year and American Champion in two of the three major polls. Much publicity surrounded the Sagamore team as the 1953 racing season got under way. For the final prep race leading up to the Kentucky Derby, enthusiastic American horse-racing fans for the first time were able to watch the live telecast of the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes. Through the new type of personalized racing coverage that began introducing jockeys to a nationwide audience, NBC broadcaster Win Elliott interviewed Eric Guerin after he rode the still undefeated Native Dancer to another impressive victory.Guerin and Native Dancer appeared invincible as they headed to Churchill Downs for the first of the U.S. Triple Crown races. Shocked fans, both in the stands and on television, watched as the colt finished second after being bumped by another horse early in the race. Native Dancer never lost another race and went on to capture the next two legs of the Triple Crown series, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. The following year Guerin rode Native Dancer to the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year honors, and for himself, made it back-to-back Belmont wins by riding High Gun to victory in the 1954 classic.In 1972, Guerin was still riding when he was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Three years later at age fifty-one after a thirty-four-year career that produced 2,712 winners he retired. After moving to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1989, Guerin worked as a mutuels clerk at Calder Race Course and Gulfstream Park.In 1991, Eric Guerin was inducted into the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame.Eric Guerin developed a blood disorder and died of heart complications in 1993 at the age of sixty-eight. His ashes were spread amongst the flower beds in the winner's circle at Gulfstream Park.Guerin's Hall of Fame contemporary, Eddie Arcaro, asserted: \"There was no better rider than Eric.\"".
- Eric_Guerin award Eclipse_Award_for_Outstanding_Apprentice_Jockey.
- Eric_Guerin birthDate "1924-10-23".
- Eric_Guerin birthPlace Maringouin,_Louisiana.
- Eric_Guerin birthPlace United_States.
- Eric_Guerin deathDate "1993-03-21".
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- Eric_Guerin honours Louisiana_Sports_Hall_of_Fame.
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- Eric_Guerin occupation Jockey.
- Eric_Guerin race Alabama_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Arlington_Classic.
- Eric_Guerin race Astoria_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Beldame_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Belmont_Futurity_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Belmont_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Carter_Handicap.
- Eric_Guerin race Coaching_Club_American_Oaks.
- Eric_Guerin race Comely_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Gazelle_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Go_For_Wand_Handicap.
- Eric_Guerin race Hopeful_Stakes.
- Eric_Guerin race Kentucky_Derby.
- Eric_Guerin race Ladies_Handicap.
- Eric_Guerin race Manhattan_Handicap.
- Eric_Guerin race Matron_Stakes_(United_States).
- Eric_Guerin race Metropolitan_Handicap.
- Eric_Guerin race Mother_Goose_Stakes.
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- Eric_Guerin race Peter_Pan_Stakes.
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- Eric_Guerin race Whitney_Handicap.
- Eric_Guerin race Withers_Stakes.
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- Eric_Guerin raceHorse Jet_Pilot.
- Eric_Guerin raceHorse Native_Dancer.
- Eric_Guerin raceHorse One_Count.
- Eric_Guerin raceHorse Your_Host.
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