Pat Day

Quick Facts

Full Name	Pat Day
Date Of Birth	Oct 13, 1953(1953-10-13)
Age	71
Birthplace	Brush
Country	United States
Birth City	Colorado
Horoscope	Libra

Pat Day Biography

Pat Day is one of the most popular and richest Jockey who was born on October 13, 1953 in Brush, Colorado, United States. Patrick Alan Day (born October 13, 1953 , in Brush, Colorado) is ex- American jockey. He has been a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was admitted to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991 as well as The Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. Day was the winner of 9 Triple Crown races and 12 Breeders Cup races. He was the first to lead in Breeders’ Cup wins but was later beat by a new record when the events were expanded after his retirement.

Day was awarded Day the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1984 1987, 1986, and 1991. In 1991 Day was admitted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In 2006 an honorary sculpture of his celebrating the victory at the Kentucky Derby was unveiled at Churchill Downs. The year 2015 saw Churchill Downs renamed the Derby Trial in his honor as the Pat Day Mile.

Day also received the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1985, given annually to a North American jockey who demonstrates the highest standards of professional and personal conduct. In 1995, he was voted the Mike Venezia Memorial Award, which honors “extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship”. He received the Big Sport of Turfdom Award for 2005 in acknowledgement of the way he worked with the media to enhance coverage of the sport.

Day made his base in Kentucky, where he rode at Churchill Downs and Keeneland in the spring and fall. In the winter, he originally rode at Oaklawn Park in Arkansas, switching in the mid-1990s to Gulfstream Park. In the summer, he originally rode at Arlington Park, later switching to Saratoga. With the change in circuits, Day’s number of wins decreased but his earnings increased. Day won his first earnings title in 1999, followed by another win in 2000 in a close battle with Jerry Bailey. Day finished 2000 with his mounts earning $17,479,838 in purses (recording 267 wins from 1,219 starts). Bailey finished with $17,468,690 in earnings.

Day was the most successful jockey according to victories in the years 1982, 1983 1984 1986, 1990 and 1991. The first win of 1982 was only won after Day set off on December 31 , 1982, to Delta Downs, where he took home two races in the evening race to beat Angel Cordero Jr.’s total by one.

Pat Day Net Worth

Pat Day is one of the richest Jockey from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Pat Day 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Day learned how to ride from his father, who ran an auto repair shop in the community of ranchers in Brush, Colorado. “He taught me basic horsemanship that has been my foundation,” Day stated in an interview with the media in 1991. “That has helped me tremendously in a roundabout way – being able to understand the temperament of the horse, and adjusting to get along with that.” Day was a rodeo participant prior to beginning his jockeying profession in the year 1973. Prescott Downs, a small racetrack located in Arizona. Day won his first race, Forblunged, on July 29th 1973. He became the most popular jockey of Turf Paradise before relocating to Chicago in the year 1973, where he was the most popular jockey in Hawthorne in addition to Sportsman’s Park. The year 1976 was the time he relocated towards New York to join the New York riding circuit. He won his first major win during the Jockey Club Gold Cup aboard the longshot Great Contractor.

At the beginning of his career the man was suffering from serious substance abuse issues with drugs as well as alcohol, but he became an evangelistic Christian in the beginning of the 1980s. He has been a part of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America since his conversion and was the representative of the racing industry in the board for this organisation.

On June 20, 1984, Day set a Churchill Downs record for the most wins on a single card when he won seven of eight races in which he rode. The record was tied in 2008 by Julien Leparoux. In 1989, he set a North American record when he won eight of nine mounts in a single day at Arlington Park.

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Pat Day retired in 2005 with 8,803 wins (ranked fourth all-time) and as the all-time leading jockey in money earned. He was a dominant rider on the Kentucky riding circuit and holds all of the career riding records at Churchill Downs and Keeneland. Day’s signature wins include winning the inaugural $3 million Breeders’ Cup Classic in 1984 aboard Wild Again and his partnership with Easy Goer in a rivalry with Sunday Silence.

Facts & Trivia

Pat Ranked on the list of most popular Jockey. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Pat Day celebrates birthday on October 13 of every year.

Day’s riding style attracted considerable controversy over the years. Barry Irwin wrote in 2016 that he “drove many a captain of industry, hard-boot trainer and horseplayer to the brink of rage.” D. Wayne Lukas, who won several Triple Crown races with Pat Day, once said “I’m only as good as Pat Day’s rides.” He is still criticized for costing Easy Goer a potential victory in the 1989 Preakness Stakes. Day said that Easy Goer was the best horse he ever rode. In 2016, he said, “As I re-run that race in my mind, I chastise myself pretty good because I feel I didn’t ride the best race of my career… Still, it was a great, great race. People still rave to me about the Preakness. They say it was the race of the century. I agree, except for the official order of finish.”

Did Pat Day ever win the Kentucky Derby?

Pat Day’s first and only Kentucky Derby victory was in 1992 aboard longshot Lil E. Tee. On the day of that race, future Belmont Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner A.P.

Is Pat Day retired?

At the end of three days he knew the time had come to retire. “I knew that it was the end of my racing career.

What year did Pat Day win the Kentucky Derby?

Pat Day is one of the most celebrated jockeys in sports history. Although he was born and raised in Brush, Colorado, he made a name for himself on horse racing tracks in Kentucky. In a career that would feature the 1992 Kentucky Derby victory with Lil E. Tee, he would also go on to win 9 Triple Crown races.

Where is Pat Day from?

Brush, CO

What is Bob Baffert salary?

Net Worth: $30 Million
Profession:| Horse trainer, Actor