Jockey Nicknames
Jockey Nicknames
« on: March 14, 2016, 12:45:42 PM »
I thought it might be nice to compile a list of North American jockey nicknames...
Eddie Arcaro - Banana Nose
Channing Hill - The Nebraska Kid
Johnny Longden - The Pumper
Lester Piggott - The Long Fellow
John Pollard - Red
Bill Shoemaker - The Shoe
George Woolf - The Iceman
These are all I could come up with, but I am certain there are others out there.
And let us try and keep it clean/nice.
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"And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath upon it, and created the horse.... Thou shall fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse" - old Bedouin saying.
I thought it might be nice to compile a list of North American jockey nicknames...
Eddie Arcaro - Banana Nose
Channing Hill - The Nebraska Kid
Johnny Longden - The Pumper
Lester Piggott - The Long Fellow
John Pollard - Red
Bill Shoemaker - The Shoe
George Woolf - The Iceman
These are all I could come up with, but I am certain there are others out there.
And let us try and keep it clean/nice.
I've been known to refer to more than one as the Pin Headed Little Thief but you wanted nice and I digress.........
Pat Day-Pat Wait All Day
Patrick Valenzuela-PVal
Fernando Toro--The Bull
Edwin Maldonado--The Candy Man
Not a jock but when Sandy Hawley was winning races in bunches there c.1975-'77 Hollywood Park--known to the locals as Hollypark--was temporarily rechristened Hawley Park.
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« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2016, 05:40:50 PM »
Steve Cauthen  The Kid
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2016, 02:35:23 AM »
Ted Atkinson - had two the slasher and the professor
Eddie Arcaro was also known as "the master" or "the old master" besides Banana Nose
Calvin "Bo-rail" Borel
We had one at Woodbine/Greenwood Dave Penna - Lord of the Grass
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2016, 09:00:25 AM »
These are all great. Thanks a lot.   
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"And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath upon it, and created the horse.... Thou shall fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse" - old Bedouin saying.
« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2016, 09:35:07 AM »
I also remembered that Ralph Neves was nicknamed the Portuguese Pepper Pot.
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2016, 10:04:29 AM »
More stream of consciousness.....Jerry "Beetle" Bailey.
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« Reply #7 on: March 15, 2016, 12:59:25 PM »
Garrett Gomez--"Go-Go"
Because he could be a bit of a wild card, some of us used to refer to HOF jockey Don Pierce as the "Joker" but I'm not sure how widespread that became.
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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2016, 01:20:19 PM »
I forgot about "Go-Go". That's another good one. Miss him.
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"And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath upon it, and created the horse.... Thou shall fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse" - old Bedouin saying.
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2016, 08:49:34 AM »
Perry Ouzts "Scoot ï¿½N Bootï¿½
Gary Stevens "Weak Knees"
« Last Edit: March 18, 2016, 12:02:41 PM by Man o Taz »
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"And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath upon it, and created the horse.... Thou shall fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse" - old Bedouin saying.
Quote from: Man o Taz on March 18, 2016, 08:49:34 AM
Kent Desormeaux  El Desarmador "the Screwdriverï¿½
I'm not sure referring to Kent as the Screwdriver is politically correct.  Besides, I don't remember ever seeing him drinking anything colored orange.  I would nickname him the Stiff-arm as I've seen him use one far more often than most NFL players.
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Re: Jockey Nicknames
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2016, 12:03:17 PM »
OK - I deleted it. It is was in an article on a blog so I did not think it was derogatory, but I will pull it.
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"And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath upon it, and created the horse.... Thou shall fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse" - old Bedouin saying.
Quote from: Man o Taz on March 18, 2016, 12:03:17 PM
OK - I deleted it. It is was in an article on a blog so I did not think it was derogatory, but I will pull it.
He's had a pretty well documented drinking problem so that's probably just as well.  I've heard him referred to as Meaux or Meaux Money.  He's probably one of the most talented jocks I've come across.  He's supposed to be quite a basketball player as well.
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