Desmond Sandford "Sandy" Hawley, is a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey.
John M. "Red" Pollard was a Canadian horse racing jockey. A founding member of the Jockeys' Guild in 1940, Pollard rode at racetracks in the United States and is best known for riding Seabiscuit.
Jean Cruguet is a retired French-American thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
Frederick J. Taral was an American Hall of Fame jockey.
Albert Snider was a jockey in Thoroughbred racing who had success in his native Canada as well as the United States.
David Penna was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing who competed in the United States but had his greatest successes in Canada.
Sir Walter was an outstanding American Thoroughbred racehorse known for his gritty determination which saw him win a number of races by a matter of inches.
Darrel G. McHargue is a retired American Champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. One of five children from a family not connected to horse racing, he was first introduced to riding as a teenage boy when he rode a neighbor's Quarter Horse. He was 17 years old when he made his professional debut in 1972 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The following year he was the leading rider at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland.
Kenneth Stanley Church was a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.
Eddie Dugan was a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who won three American Classic Races and two Canadian Classic Races. In addition, Dugan raced and won in Russian Empire.
Lauries Dancer was a Canadian National Champion and Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racemare who won top races in Canada and the United States.
John Henry Martin (1875–1944), commonly referred to as "Skeets" Martin, was an American jockey who achieved many racing wins in the United States and the United Kingdom during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His most notable race wins were the 1902 Epsom Derby on Ard Patrick and the 1903 2,000 Guineas on Rock Sand. Martin's technique was often at odds with racing authority rules, his license being suspended several times, and his early career was marred by allegations of cheating and underhanded gambling practices.
Frank Robinson was an American Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
Charles John "Chick" Lang was a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey who became a National Champion rider in the United States and who won the most prestigious Thoroughbred horse race of both countries.
Arthur Ewell Redfern was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who in 1903 was the highest paid rider in the United States.
Horse racing in the United States dates back to 1665, which saw the establishment of the Newmarket course in Salisbury, New York, a section of what is now known as the Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York. This first racing meet in North America was supervised by New York's colonial governor, Richard Nicolls. The area is now occupied by the present Nassau County, New York, region of Greater Westbury and East Garden City. Horse racing remains a popular sport throughout the United States.
William J. Donohue was a jockey, trainer and owner of Thoroughbred racehorses who competed in his native Canada as well as the United States where he won each of the three races that would become the U. S. Triple Crown series.
LaVerne Sewell was an up-and-coming American thoroughbred racing jockey who was competing in only his second year of racing when he died at age eighteen as a result of a racing accident at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack.
Lester Mark Fator was the 1922 American National Champion jockey in Thoroughbred racing.
Martimas (1896-1916) was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in Canada as well as the United States where he won the Futurity Stakes, the richest and most prestigious race in the country.
