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'''Patrick Alan Day''' (born October 13, 1953 in [[Brush, Colorado]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[jockey]]. He is a four-time winner of the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey]] and was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1991 and the [[Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/e10bd5_0338255837524ce791281b65f8cfc584.pdf |title=ASHOF Inductees |publisher=Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame |date=2018-01-01 |accessdate=2018-10-17}}</ref> 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]] for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship". Some critics said Day was a big fish in a small pond because the majority of his wins and all of his riding titles were in the Midwest.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aceBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA125&dq=jockey+pat+wait+all+day&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjegqSGsfvTAhUBZSYKHdnrBjwQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=jockey%20pat%20wait%20all%20day&f=false | work=John Eisenberg | first=John | last=Eisenberg | title=The Longest Shot |accessdate=May 19, 2017 | date=1996}}</ref> Day didn't win any riding titles in New York (Saratoga) or Florida (Gulfstream Park), when he was facing the best jockey competition while riding on a daily basis, and rarely ranked among the leaders in wins at [[Saratoga Race Course]] and [[Gulfstream Park]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://classic.drf.com/news/day-shares-decades-memories | work=Daily Racing Form| first=Marty | last=McGee | title=Day shares decades of memories | date=August 4, 2005 |accessdate=March 23, 2020}}</ref> |
'''Patrick Alan Day''' (born October 13, 1953 in [[Brush, Colorado]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[jockey]]. He is a four-time winner of the [[Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey]] and was inducted into the [[National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame]] in 1991 and the [[Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/e10bd5_0338255837524ce791281b65f8cfc584.pdf |title=ASHOF Inductees |publisher=Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame |date=2018-01-01 |accessdate=2018-10-17}}</ref> 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]] for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship". Some critics said Day was a big fish in a small pond because the majority of his wins and all of his riding titles were in the Midwest.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0aceBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA125&dq=jockey+pat+wait+all+day&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjegqSGsfvTAhUBZSYKHdnrBjwQ6AEINzAD#v=onepage&q=jockey%20pat%20wait%20all%20day&f=false | work=John Eisenberg | first=John | last=Eisenberg | title=The Longest Shot |accessdate=May 19, 2017 | date=1996}}</ref> Day didn't win any riding titles in New York (Saratoga) or Florida (Gulfstream Park), when he was facing the best jockey competition while riding on a daily basis, and rarely ranked among the leaders in wins at [[Saratoga Race Course]] and [[Gulfstream Park]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://classic.drf.com/news/day-shares-decades-memories | work=Daily Racing Form| first=Marty | last=McGee | title=Day shares decades of memories | date=August 4, 2005 |accessdate=March 23, 2020}}</ref> |
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==Technique== |
==Technique== |
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Pat Day was known for being a patient rider with gentle hands and for not using a horse more than he had to, but was |
Pat Day was known for being a patient rider with gentle hands and for not using a horse more than he had to, but was often criticized for waiting too long to make his move.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1996/05/27/night-and-day-pat-day-turned-a-trainers-snub-into-his-fifth-preakness-victory-aboard-louis-quatorze | work=Sports Illustrated| first=William | last=Reed | title=NIGHT AND DAY | date=May 27, 1996 |accessdate=March 23, 2020}}</ref> Because Day often<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Dollar-Bill-has-a-tough-time-despite-Day-2053120.php | newspaper=Houston Chronicle | first=Fred | last=Faour | title=Dollar Bill has a tough time despite Day Even with Day aboard, talented Dollar Bill has a tough time | date=June 7, 2001}}</ref> arrived at the wire too late, he was given unflattering nicknames—Pat (I'll Wait All) Day,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1992-05-03/sports/sp-1834_1_kentucky-derby | newspaper=The Los Angeles Times | first=Jay | last=Privman | title=Kentucky Derby: Day Makes the Right Choice : Jockey: The man who passed up rides on Alysheba and Unbridled gets first Derby victory in 10 tries | date=May 3, 1992}}</ref> Pat Delay Day and Patient Pat.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/25/sports/horse-racing-racing-analysis-trainers-wisely-decide-success-is-worth-the-wait.html| newspaper=The New York Times | first=Joe | last=Drape | title=Horse Racing: Racing Analysis | date=August 25, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/09/sports/horse-racing-jockey-earnings-record-is-within-day-s-reach.html| newspaper=The New York Times | first=Jason | last=Diamos | title=HORSE RACING | date=August 9, 2002}}</ref> Many critics described Day's riding as exasperating, and many still grind their teeth remembering many of his rides aboard different horses. His patience as a rider was at times demoralizing for owners, trainers, fans and bettors.<ref name=bloodhorse/> As Pat Forde, a reporter for the ''Louisville Courier-Journal'', wrote in 1995, "He is so patient he could watch a faucet drip for days".<ref name=bloodhorse>{{cite news | url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/features/day-by-day-605 | work=Bloodhorse | first=Tom | last=LaMarra | title=Day by Day | date=April 23, 2014 |accessdate=May 19, 2017}}</ref> Day's riding style, as Barry Irwin wrote in 2016, "drove many a captain of industry, hard-boot trainer and horseplayer to the brink of rage."<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Z_fCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT155 | title=Derby Innovator: The Making of Animal Kingdom | first=Barry | last=Irwin |year=2016}}</ref> He often looked too passive, and his deliberate riding style of waiting and waiting, then making a move, and waiting again, frustrated trainer [[D. Wayne Lukas]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1995-05-19-9505190067-story.html | newspaper=Orlando Sentinel | first=Jerry | last=Greene | title=DERBY NO YARDSTICK THIS TIME | date=May 19, 1995}}</ref>, and many fans and bettors.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PE25eRuXs94C&pg=PT138 | first=Joe | last=Drape | title=The Race for the Triple Crown: Horses, high stakes, and eternal hope | date=2001}}</ref> He also drew criticism by riding tentatively, and stopping and starting with many of his mounts.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-11-08/sports/sp-1011_1_easy-goer | newspaper=The Los Angeles Times | first=Bill | last=Christine | title=Horse Racing: Maybe It's Time Easy Goer Gets a Different Rider | date=November 8, 1989}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1989-09-19/sports/sp-159_1_easy-goer | newspaper=The Los Angeles Times | first=Paul | last=Moran | title=Easy Goer Shows He Won't Easily Be Beaten | date=September 19, 1989}}</ref> Despite the frequent criticisms of Day's riding style, rides, and being based mostly in the Midwest, Day won many big races throughout [[North America]]. |
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Day's patient style also were trademarks in some of his biggest victories including the inaugural 1984 Breeders' Cup Classic aboard Wild Again. Pat Day's ride on 32-1 longshot Wild Again in racing's first $3 million race is still considered one of the great rides and exciting finishes in racing history.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christine |first1=Bill |title=Best of the Best in Racing : Wild Again's Justification of His Owners' $360,000 Gamble in the 1984 Classic Leads This List of Special Moments From Nine Years of the Breeders' Cup |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-02-sp-52216-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |date=November 2, 1993}}</ref> |
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Day also won three other Breeders' Cup Classics and is one of only four jockeys with four wins in the Breeders' Cup Classic, the most prestigious race in America. |
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Day's victory on Cat Thief at odds of 19-1 in the 1999 Breeders' Cup Classic was another example of his patient style winning out.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Durso |first1=Joseph |title=Horse Racing: Breeders Cup; Cat Thief Wins the Classic and Wreaks Havoc |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/07/sports/horse-racing-breeders-cup-cat-thief-wins-the-classic-and-wreaks-havoc.html |website=The New York Times |date=November 7, 1999}}</ref> |
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Day was one of the most highly sought after rider in the country for more than two decades. Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, who teamed up with Day on five Triple Crown victories, said "He was always a great rider and a person I turned to with big horses in big races." <ref> http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/horse/id/2124064<ref> Lukas called Day "the prototype for what we're all looking for." |
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"He's been a model of consistency and that's how you measure greatness,: said Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito, for whom Day rode Louis Quatorze to victory in the 1996 Preakness. Zito compared Day's accomplishments in horse racing to Michael Jordan in basketball (http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/horse/id/2124064) |
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"I just can't say enough about him. In my career, he was a big help," said Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey, who trained Hall of Fame horse Easy Goer. Day rode Easy Goer (http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/horse/id/2124064) |
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In 1989, he set a North American record when he won eight of nine mounts in a single day at [[Arlington Park]]. |
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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Day's five wins in the Preakness have only been surpassed by Hall of Fame jockey Eddie Arcaro (http://www.espn.com/espn/wire/_/section/horse/id/2124064). |
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==Religion and retirement== |
==Religion and retirement== |
Revision as of 23:58, 27 March 2020
Patrick Alan Day (born October 13, 1953 in Brush, Colorado) is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991 and the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.[1] 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 for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship". Some critics said Day was a big fish in a small pond because the majority of his wins and all of his riding titles were in the Midwest.[2] Day didn't win any riding titles in New York (Saratoga) or Florida (Gulfstream Park), when he was facing the best jockey competition while riding on a daily basis, and rarely ranked among the leaders in wins at Saratoga Race Course and Gulfstream Park.[3]
Technique
Pat Day was known for being a patient rider with gentle hands and for not using a horse more than he had to, but was often criticized for waiting too long to make his move.[4] Because Day often[5] arrived at the wire too late, he was given unflattering nicknames—Pat (I'll Wait All) Day,[6] Pat Delay Day and Patient Pat.[7][8] Many critics described Day's riding as exasperating, and many still grind their teeth remembering many of his rides aboard different horses. His patience as a rider was at times demoralizing for owners, trainers, fans and bettors.[9] As Pat Forde, a reporter for the Louisville Courier-Journal, wrote in 1995, "He is so patient he could watch a faucet drip for days".[9] Day's riding style, as Barry Irwin wrote in 2016, "drove many a captain of industry, hard-boot trainer and horseplayer to the brink of rage."[10] He often looked too passive, and his deliberate riding style of waiting and waiting, then making a move, and waiting again, frustrated trainer D. Wayne Lukas[11], and many fans and bettors.[12] He also drew criticism by riding tentatively, and stopping and starting with many of his mounts.[13][14] Despite the frequent criticisms of Day's riding style, rides, and being based mostly in the Midwest, Day won many big races throughout North America.
Riding
Day stated, "Easy Goer was the best horse I ever rode."[15] Day has ridden winners of U.S. Triple Crown races nine times, ranking him well behind Eddie Arcaro's 17 wins in Triple Crown races as well as Bill Shoemaker's 11, while tied with Gary Stevens, Bill Hartack and Earl Sande's 9 each. However, Day had a poor Kentucky Derby record with only one win in twenty two tries.[16] Some of Day's losses on top horses in the Kentucky Derby included Easy Goer, Forty Niner, Summer Squall, Demon's Begone, Rampage, Corporate Report, Tabasco Cat, Timber Country, Prince of Thieves, Favorite Trick, Ten Most Wanted and in 1999 he rode Menifee, who finished second behind Charismatic in both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes.[17] Pat Day's first and only Kentucky Derby victory was aboard Lil E. Tee, who in 1992 scored one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Kentucky Derby. On the day of that 1992 Kentucky Derby, future Belmont Stakes and Breeders' Cup Classic winner A.P. Indy was forced to scratch from the race due to a foot injury. The heavy favorite in that 1992 Kentucky Derby was American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner Arazi, who was coming into the race after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to remove chip fractures from the top joint of both knees.
In 1991, Pat Day won the Canadian Triple Crown and the Breeders' Cup Distaff aboard the future Hall of Fame filly Dance Smartly. He is the only jockey to have ridden at least one mount in each of the first 20 Breeders' Cups, and ranks sixth all-time in Breeders' Cup winners, with 12. Day ranks behind Mike E. Smith's 26 Breeders' Cup winners, John Velazquez's 16, Jerry Bailey's 15, Lanfranco Dettori's 14, and Garrett Gomez's 13.[18]
Records
Day is also the all-time leading rider at Churchill Downs and Keeneland Race Course, the two largest tracks in his adopted home state of Kentucky. At the Downs, Day was often so dominant that veteran horseplayers would complain — bettors would often wager so much money on horses with Day in the saddle that the payoff odds would decline.
In 1989, he set a North American record when he won eight of nine mounts in a single day at Arlington Park.
Religion and retirement
Early in his career, he had serious substance abuse problems with both drugs and alcohol, but became a born-again Christian in the early 1980s. He has been involved with the Race Track Chaplaincy of America since his conversion, and is currently the racing industry's representative on the board of that organization.
After undergoing hip surgery that forced him to miss the Derby for the first time in 21 years, Day announced his retirement on August 3, 2005, after a 32-year career that saw him ride 8,804 winners, fourth on the all-time list, and ranks fourth behind John Velazquez (over $416 million), Mike E. Smith (over $324 million) and Javier Castellano (over $328 million) for prize money won, with his mounts earning nearly $298 million.[19] He said he would retire and commit the rest of his life purely to spreading the Gospel.
Day and his family reside in the Lake Forest subdivision in Louisville, Kentucky.
On June 3, 2016, Kentucky Governor Bevin appointed Day to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.[20][21]
Year-end charts
National List for Jockeys Rankings | ||
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Year | Earnings | Wins |
2000 | 1 | 11 |
2001 | 3 | 19 |
2002 | 4 | 14 |
2003 | 6 | 20 |
2004 | 11 | 54 |
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References
- ^ "ASHOF Inductees" (PDF). Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ^ Eisenberg, John (1996). The Longest Shot. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
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ignored (help) - ^ McGee, Marty (August 4, 2005). "Day shares decades of memories". Daily Racing Form. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ Reed, William (May 27, 1996). "NIGHT AND DAY". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
- ^ Faour, Fred (June 7, 2001). "Dollar Bill has a tough time despite Day Even with Day aboard, talented Dollar Bill has a tough time". Houston Chronicle.
- ^ Privman, Jay (May 3, 1992). "Kentucky Derby: Day Makes the Right Choice : Jockey: The man who passed up rides on Alysheba and Unbridled gets first Derby victory in 10 tries". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Drape, Joe (August 25, 2003). "Horse Racing: Racing Analysis". The New York Times.
- ^ Diamos, Jason (August 9, 2002). "HORSE RACING". The New York Times.
- ^ a b LaMarra, Tom (April 23, 2014). "Day by Day". Bloodhorse. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
- ^ Irwin, Barry (2016). Derby Innovator: The Making of Animal Kingdom.
- ^ Greene, Jerry (May 19, 1995). "DERBY NO YARDSTICK THIS TIME". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ Drape, Joe (2001). The Race for the Triple Crown: Horses, high stakes, and eternal hope.
- ^ Christine, Bill (November 8, 1989). "Horse Racing: Maybe It's Time Easy Goer Gets a Different Rider". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Moran, Paul (September 19, 1989). "Easy Goer Shows He Won't Easily Be Beaten". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Van Dyke, Grace (October 21, 2013). "A Blessed Life: Pat Day on making peace with his sport & his faith". Horse Nation.
- ^ McNamara, Ed (May 3, 2017). "Pat Day's career was complete when he finally won Kentucky Derby". Newsday. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ Guild, The Jockeys' (1999). The History of Race Riding and the Jockeys' Guild. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Leading Breeders' Cup Jockey Stats". Breeders' Cup. October 21, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "All Time Leaders - Jockeys". Equibase. May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Gov. Bevin Appoints 3 Members to Horse Racing Commission". The Laner Report. June 3, 2016.
- ^ "Pat Day" (PDF). khrc.ky.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
- ^ "Pat Day | Top 100 Rankings (Since 2000)". Equibase.