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Topic: Angel Cordero


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  Angel Cordero Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cordero was the winner of four "Breeders' Cups, which is another high profile race on the thoroughbred circuit, and he is in seventh place in the Breeders' Cup history of earnings.
Cordero's wife, Majorie Clayton Cordero, who was also a well known fiqure in New York's thoroughbred racing; she died in January 2001.
Angel Cordero Jr., was inducted into "National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame" in 1988.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Angel_Cordero_Jr.   (459 words)

  
 PUERTO RICO HERALD: Puerto Rico Profile: Angel Cordero, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cordero won the Belmont Stakes on Bold Forbes in 1976, and he took the Preakness twice–in 1980 on Codex and in 1984 on Gate Dancer.
In addition to Angel Cordero’s impressive record of victories, his commitment to the sport and to the thoroughbreds has made him a two-time recipient of the prestigious Eclipse Award, recognizing his outstanding achievements in the world of horse racing.
Angel Cordero inspired a fellow Puerto Rican star, John Velazquez, born in Carolina, Puerto Rico, to move to New York and race under Cordero’s tutelage.
www.puertorico-herald.org /issues/2001/vol5n27/ProfCordero-en.shtml   (978 words)

  
 Angel Cordero Jr. -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cordero was the winner of four " (Click link for more info and facts about Breeders' Cup) Breeders' Cups, which is another high profile race on the thoroughbred circuit, and he is in seventh place in the Breeders' Cup history of earnings.
Cordero's wife, Majorie Clayton Cordero, who was also a well known fiqure in (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York's thoroughbred racing, tragically passed away in January 2001.
Angel Cordero Jr., was inducted into " (Click link for more info and facts about National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame) National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame" in 1988.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/an/angel_cordero_jr.htm   (400 words)

  
 Angel biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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Angels foretold to Abraham the birth of Isaac, to Manoah the birth of Samson, and to Abraham the destruction of Sodom.
The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary in the traditional role of messenger to inform her that her child would be the Messiah, and other angels were present to herald his birth.
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 Jockey Angel Cordero Jr. Biography
His father, Angel Cordero Vila, was a famous rider and trainer in Puerto Rico.
Cordero was known as a fierce competitor with a passion for winning.
In 1982 and 1983, Cordero’s impressive record of victories and commitment to the sport and to the thoroughbreds made him recipient of the prestigious Eclipse Award, the most respected award in horse racing.
www.latinosportslegends.com /bios/Cordero_Angel-bio.htm   (539 words)

  
 Angel Cordero Jr. - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cordero was raised among thoroughbreds since his childhood.
Cordero stated: "I want to retire my way and not the other way.
The principal races which Cordero won were the following: 3 "Kentucky Derbys", 2 "Preaknees Stakes", 2 "Jockey Club Gold Cups", 4 "Breeders' Cups", 3 "CCA Oaks", 6 "Matron Stakes", 5 "Suburban Handicaps" and 2 "Brooklyn Handicaps".
open-encyclopedia.com /Angel_Cordero   (461 words)

  
 Wife of Angel Cordero, is killed in hit and run   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cordero was taken to North Shore University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 10:20 p.m.
Majorie Cordero was a former jockey, trainer and jockey's agent and was a popular figure known on the backstretch for her compassion with animals and people down on their luck.
Cordero is survived by her three children: two daughters, Julie and Canela; and one son, Angel III.
www.latinosportslegends.com /2001/Cordero_wife_killed-012401.htm   (376 words)

  
 Streetplay.com: The Stickball Hall of Fame - Class of 2001
Angel Cordero is a living legend, known throughout the world as one of the greatest jockeys of all time.
Angel will admit that while he had the natural reflexes for stickball, his small stature limited the power and speed he'd need to be a great player.
Like many other stickball players Angel later got involved with softball and was a regular in the teams that formed from workers at the racetrack.
www.streetplay.com /stickball/halloffame/classof2001.shtml   (1609 words)

  
 JockeySite.com
His complete name is Angel Tomas Cordero Jr., and was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico on 8th November of 1942.
Angel Cordero Jr., along his career had important falls in the tracks.
Marjorie Cordero was, the same of Angel Cordero Jr., a professional jockey, arriving to be one of the most popular persons in the races of New York, ridding between 1982 and 1985, earning more than one million dollars in prizes in 71 victories over 911 races.
www.jockeysite.com /stories/corderojr.htm   (502 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Angel Cordero, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers.
The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and held on a single day at a predetermined site, usually in the United States but sometimes in Canada.
The principal races which Cordero won were the following: 3 "Kentucky Derbys", 2 "Preaknees Stakes", 2 "Jockey Club Gold Cups", 4 "Breeders' Cups", 2 "Kentucky Oaks", 3 "CCA Oaks", 6 "Matron Stakes", 5 "Suburban Handicaps" and 2 "Brooklyn Handicaps".
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Angel-Cordero,-Jr.   (1329 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Hall of Fame rider Cordero to make one-day comeback   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cordero, who retired 10 years ago, said he will ride two horses for trainer Todd Pletcher at Philadelphia Park on Oct. 1 — Indian Vale in the $250,000 Cotillion Handicap and Yes Yes Yes in the $100,000 Gallant Bob Handicap.
Cordero, speaking on a conference call Saturday, said he will donate 25% of his earnings to relief efforts for victims of the hurricane that battered the Gulf Coast.
Cordero's opportunity arose in part because Velazquez is committed to riding several of Pletcher's horses at Belmont Park on the same day.
usatoday.com /sports/horses/2005-09-18-cordero-katrina_x.htm?...   (468 words)

  
 The Enquirer - Tim Sullivan - April 30, 1997
Cordero flew in from New York to observe the 20th anniversary of Slew's Triple Crown season.
Cordero's trip coincided with the Kentucky Derby, but Churchill Downs was not on his itinerary this week.
Cordero's mount that afternoon was For The Moment, a speed horse that would lead the Derby at length before fading at the quarter pole.
www.enquirer.com /columns/sullivan/1997/04/043097_ts.html   (750 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - Horse Racing - Wife of Hall of Fame jockey dies after hit-and-run incident - Tuesday January 23, 2001 07:59 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Posted: Tuesday January 23, 2001 7:52 PM Updated: Tuesday January 23, 2001 7:59 PM Marjorie Cordero, pictured next to her husband Angel Cordero Jr., won 71 races in her career as a jockey.
Marjorie Clayton Cordero, one of New York racing's most popular figures on the backstretch, was a jockey from 1982-85, winning 71 races from 911 mounts and earning more than $1 million in purses.
Cordero was the daughter of the late Dr. Samuel Clayton.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /horse_racing/news/2001/01/23/cordero_hitandrun_ap   (428 words)

  
 San Juan Racing Association 1979 - 1980   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Among Puerto Rico's all-time greatest sports legends, Cordero and the late Roberto Clemente are regarded as in a class by themselves.
Cordero "carrying Bold Forbes the last half-mile" in the 1976 Belmont Stakes and Clemente's heroics in the 1971 World Series were landmark events that surpassed the realm of sports and spilled over into the social consciousness of people.
While Cordero went on to international fame, Rodríguez gained weight and opted to follow in his father's and uncle's footsteps, becoming one of Puerto Rico's foremost trainers.
www.antiqnet.com /detail,san-juan-racing,342723.html   (906 words)

  
 ANGEL CORDERO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Don Angel era un superdotado de este deporte destacandose como dueño de caballo, entrenador y galopador oficial en la gran Urbe de Nueva York.
Don Angel Cordero Falú fue un soldado más de la fama y ahora lamentablemente lo recuerdan por el mote del abuelo de Angel Tomás Cordero Jr.
Angel Cordero Falú, sentó catedra de su habilidad innata como jinete
www.deportespr.com /historiador/angelcordero.htm   (617 words)

  
 HickokSports.com - Biography - Angel Cordero Jr.
The winner of two Eclipse Awards as jockey of the year, in 1982 and 1983, Cordero retired in 1992 after riding 7,057 winners, fourth all-time.
Cordero led the nation in wins in 1968 and was the top money-winning jockey in 1976, 1982, and 1983.
Cordero's $6,020,000 in Breeder's Cup earnings is 7th best.
www.hickoksports.com /biograph/corderoa.shtml   (148 words)

  
 Angel Cordero Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Cordero had 4 winners in the Breeder's Cup racing, and 7 second places, and 7 third places in 48 starts.
His victories came in the 1985 Distaff with Life's Magic, the 1988 Juvenile Fillies with Open Mind, the 1988 Sprint with Gulch, and the 1989 Sprint with Dancing Spree.
Cordero retired in 1992 after riding 7,057 winners, fourth all-time.
www.cswnet.com /~terandkr/cordero.html   (178 words)

  
 Railbird: Monday Notes
Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero "will un-retire for one day" to ride two horses for trainer Todd Pletcher at Philadelphia Park on October 1.
Cordero finally decided to take the plunge after talking to his 83-year-old mother in Puerto Rico several days ago.
Cordero plans to donate 25% of his earnings to the relief efforts (New York Post).
www.jessicachapel.com /railbird/archives/001063monday_notes.html   (188 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Angel Cordero Jr.
Cordero, who has been exercising horses for Pletcher the past several years, will donate 25 percent of his earnings to hurricane relief.
Cordero, who retired 10 years ago, said he will ride two horses for trainer Todd Pletcher at Philadelphia Park on Oct. 1 Indian Vale in the $250,000 Cotillion Handicap and Yes Yes Yes in the $100,000 Gallant Bob Handicap.
When Angel Cordero Jr., jockey of Codex, returned to the jockey's room, he was greeted by two FBI men.
sports.surfwax.com /files/Angel_Cordero_Jr..html   (2046 words)

  
 Heather Angel biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Heather Grace Angel (February 9, 1909 - December 13, 1986) was a British film actress.
Born in Oxford, England, Angel made her first film appearance with a leading role in Night in Montmartre (1931), and followed this success with The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932).
Heather Angel has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard.
heather-angel.biography.ms   (180 words)

  
 Milestone for Velazquez; 3,000 Wins - bloodhorse.com
Velazquez, whose own agent, Angel Cordero Jr., holds the all-time record of 640 wins at Saratoga -- which is likely to be passed by fellow Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey this meet -- set Saratoga's single-season win record last year with 61 winners.
Angel (Cordero Jr., agent) is doing a great job and I have to give him a lot of credit because he makes 99 percent of the decisions.
[Angel] is the one that's push, push and push all the time.
news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=23607   (477 words)

  
 Cordero, Angel Tomás, Jr. on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
On retirement he returned to San Juan, trained horses, rode again briefly in 1995, and became a jockeys' agent.
Magazines and Newspapers for: Cordero, Angel Tomás, Jr.
Pictures and Maps for: Cordero, Angel Tomás, Jr.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/C/CorderoA1n.asp   (233 words)

  
 New York Daily News - Sports - Victorious Velazquez sets Spa mark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
He used to be the king of the Spa jocks, so it was fitting that after Velazquez finished second on Feather Boa in the first race yesterday, Cordero opted to watch the next one in the room that had been his castle for so many years.
For the 31-year-old Velazquez, the son of a butcher, the record is just another step in a career that has yet to reach its apex.
Cordero, 60, realizes the record is more meaningful to him right now than it is to Velazquez, who worries more about the next race assignment than his place in history.
www.nydailynews.com /sports/story/113414p-102400c.html   (619 words)

  
 HORSE RACING - CBS SportsLine.com
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A man who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident that claimed the life of former trainer Marjorie Clayton Cordero -- the wife of Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero -- was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail.
Cordero, 41, was struck, apparently from behind, as she walked home.
Angel Cordero expressed his outrage shortly after Miklos took the plea deal.
cbs.sportsline.com /horseracing/story/6172522   (417 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - 2001 Indy 500 - Double Dippin': Memorable two-fers - Monday May 28, 2001 12:40 PM
Moments after winning the 1985 Kentucky Derby aboard Spend A Buck, Angel Cordero hopped a plane for Philadelphia, where he had hoped to ride Kattegat's Pride in the Betsy Ross Handicap at Garden State Park.
But Cordero arrived at the track five minutes late and had to watch Declan Murphy finish third aboard Kattegat's Pride.
Cordero gets credit in our book for at least attempting to make his mount, because it would have been real easy to stay in Louisville to bask in the glow of his third Derby winner.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/2001/indy500/news/2001/05/25/double_dippin   (1719 words)

  
 Eddie Arcaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nicknamed "Banana Nose" by his confreres, Arcaro won the Kentucky Derby three additional times, and the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes six additional times.
He also won the Wood Memorial Stakes nine times, more than double the number of runner-up, Angel Cordero, Jr.
In 1953 he won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eddie_Arcaro   (244 words)

  
 HORSE RACING - CBS SportsLine.com
Now 62, Cordero is enjoying the view as an exercise rider for trainer Todd Pletcher.
Cordero won the Derby three times: in 1974 aboard Cannonade, in '76 with Bold Forbes and '85 aboard Spend a Buck.
Cordero, has taken a month off from his job as jockey agent representing John Velazquez, who will ride Bandini for Pletcher in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
www.sportsline.com /horseracing/story/8440987   (455 words)

  
 Marjorie Cordero, wife of Hall of Fame jockey, killed in hit-and-run - 1/25/01
Marjorie Cordero, wife of Hall of Fame jockey, killed in hit-and-run
GREENVALE, N.Y. Marjorie Cordero, the wife of Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in her name to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.
www.detnews.com /2001/moresports/0101/25/sports-179452.htm   (345 words)

  
 MobyGames - Angel Cordero
Angel Cordero was credited on a game in 1997.
Angel Cordero has been credited with the roles Other.
Angel Cordero has been credited on games developed by the following companies: Studio 3 Interactive.
www.mobygames.com /developer/sheet/view/developerId,132489   (138 words)

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