Post by ali on May 8, 2011 16:17:17 GMT -5
Russell Baze bobblehead signed by the man himself:)
In addition to breaking the career wins record, Baze holds the record for most victories on a card in Northern California with seven, set on April 15, 1992, at Golden Gate Fields. He won the Isaac Murphy Award, a national honor which goes to the jockey with the highest win percentage (minimum 500 mounts), for nine straight years (1995-2003) and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999. He also won the 2002 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, a lifetime achievement award, and the Special Eclipse Award in 1995 for winning 400+ races in a year for 4 years in a row.
His best known mount would have to be the brilliant sprinter Lost in the Fog, who he rode in all but one of his 14 starts.
In addition to breaking the career wins record, Baze holds the record for most victories on a card in Northern California with seven, set on April 15, 1992, at Golden Gate Fields. He won the Isaac Murphy Award, a national honor which goes to the jockey with the highest win percentage (minimum 500 mounts), for nine straight years (1995-2003) and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1999. He also won the 2002 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, a lifetime achievement award, and the Special Eclipse Award in 1995 for winning 400+ races in a year for 4 years in a row.
His best known mount would have to be the brilliant sprinter Lost in the Fog, who he rode in all but one of his 14 starts.
