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Steve Brooks (jockey) was born on 12 August, 1922 in McCook, Nebraska, is an American jockey. Discover Steve Brooks (jockey)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?
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Jockey |
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57 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
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12 August 1922 |
| Birthday |
12 August |
| Birthplace |
McCook, Nebraska |
| Date of death |
23 September, 1979 |
| Died Place |
Louisville, Kentucky |
| Nationality |
United States
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Steve Brooks (jockey) Height, Weight & Measurements
At 57 years old, Steve Brooks (jockey) height not available right now. We will update Steve Brooks (jockey)'s Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Steve Brooks (jockey) Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Steve Brooks (jockey) worth at the age of 57 years old? Steve Brooks (jockey)’s income source is mostly from being a successful jockey. He is from United States. We have estimated Steve Brooks (jockey)'s net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Timeline
Steve Brooks (August 12, 1922 – September 23, 1979) was an American National Champion and Hall of Fame jockey.
The son of a horse dealer, he was born in McCook, Nebraska.
He began riding horses as a boy of ten and at age sixteen in 1938 won his first race at an accredited race track.
Steve Brooks skills led him to move to Chicago, Illinois to race at one of the United States' major venues, Arlington Park.
There, in 1941 he won the Arlington Matron Stakes and in 1942 rode the Hal Price Headley-owned Lotopoise to victory in the first running of the Modesty Stakes.
Brooks later rode the prestigious Calumet Farm horses when they raced at Arlington Park and for three straight years from 1947 through 1949 won Arlington's riding title.
In 1948 Steve Brooks won six races in a single day at Churchill Downs then at the same track the following year won the Kentucky Derby's Diamond Jubilee aboard Calumet Farm's colt, Ponder.
Sent off by bettors at 16:1 odds, Brooks brought the colt from last in the field of fourteen horses to win going away over the Greentree Stable colt, Capot.
Brooks went on to become the 1949 Champion Jockey by total earnings and runnerup in total wins.
Steve Brooks set a world record for the mile aboard the U.S. Triple Crown Champion Citation in winning the 1950 Golden Gate Mile at Golden Gate Fields.
He also rode Citation to victory in the 1951 Hollywood Gold Cup, a win that made Citation the first horse in history to earn more than $1 million.
In 1952, he rode Charles T. Fisher's Sub Fleet to a second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby and to fifth in the Preakness Stakes.
In the 1959 Citation Handicap, an exhibition race at Washington Park Racetrack to honor the great horse, Brooks rode Round Table to victory.
At age forty in 1961, Steve Brooks was the leading jockey at Monmouth Park and on April 8, 1963, became only the fifth jockey in American Thoroughbred racing history to win 4,000 races.
Steve Brooks was inducted into the U. S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1963 and in 1971 was elected to the Nebraska Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
He retired in 1970, but continued working with racehorses.
He made a comeback in 1975 but rode for only a short time.
In 1979 Brooks was injured when he was thrown to the ground while exercising a horse at Arlington Park in Chicago.
He died a few weeks later after undergoing surgery for a torn esophagus at Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky.
