Details
The first rectangular with stepped base rim, the low domed hinged cover engraved Presented to GEORGE EDWARD ARCARO In commemoration of 30 years as a great athlete and a credit to the sport of Thoroughbred Racing at AQUEDUCT April 19, 1962 NEW YORK RACING ASSOCIATION JAMES COX BRADY CHAIRMAN, wood-lined with one divider, the second rectangular, the flat hinged cover with shaped thumbpiece, engraved EDDIE ARCARO THE N.Y. TURF WRITERS' ASSOCIATION'S CHOICE AS THE OUTSTANDING RIDER OF 1959, wood-lined with two dividers, marked on undersides
658 in. (16.8 cm.) long, the first; 1018 in. (25.7 cm.) long, the second
32 oz. 12 dwt. (1,014 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's East, New York, 1 October 1994, lot 158 (the first, by Gorham).
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George Edward Arcaro (1916-1997) was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Italian immigrant parents. At 5'2", Arcaro became a jockey completing his first race in 1932 at the Agua Caliente racetrack in Tijuana, Mexico. He would go on to win more American classic races than any other jockey in history, including the U.S. Triple Crown twice, the only jockey in history to do so.

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