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	Rey Enterprise - Thoroughbred horse racing syndication & partnership
		(born December 29, 1946 in Panama City, Panama) was a jockey based primarily in the United States, is a Hall of Fame jockey.
		A founding member of the Jockeys' Guild in 1940, Johnny Longden was the United States' leading jockey in races won in 1938, 1947, and again in 1948 and was the leading jockey in purses won in 1943 and 1945.
		He was voted the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1952 that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.
	www.reyenterprise.com /jockeys.html (1104 words)

	George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The award was created through donations from the racing public after the untimely death of Hall of Fame jockey George Woolf.
		The one-time only award is voted on by members of the Jockeys' Guild who chose from among their peers nominated by Guild regional managers.
		The trophy that goes along with the award is a one foot-high replica of the life-size statue of George Woolf that, along with a bronze sculpture of his favorite mount, Seabiscuit, has a place of honor in the Santa Anita Paddock Gardens.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Woolf_Memorial_Jockey_Award (171 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Virginia Woolf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941) was a British author and feminist, who is considered to be one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.
		Woolf's reputation declined sharply after World War Two, but her eminence was re-established with the surge of Feminist criticism in the 1970s.
		Virginia Woolf's peculiarities as a fiction writer have tended to obscure her central strength: Woolf is arguably the major lyrical novelist in the English language.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Virginia_Woolf (1326 words)

	The Daily Advertiser - www.theadvertiser.com - Lafayette, LA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The George Woolf Award is considered the top award among jockeys nationally, and according to a Santa Anita release it honors riders whose career and personal character reflect positively on themselves and the thoroughbred racing industry.
		Woolf died after a fall at Santa Anita in 1946, and the statue at the track was created through donations from the racing public after his death.
		The Woolf Award trophy is a one-foot-high replica of the statue.
	www.acadiananow.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060313/SPORTS/603130318/1006 (957 words)

	Seabiscuit-An American Legend
		George Woolf rode from 1928 through 1946 and won with 19.1% of his mounts.
		Woolf's career is all the more impressive when one realizes that he rode comparatively few horses.
		In his honor the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award is given to the rider who demonstrates high standards of personal and professional conduct.
	www.tbgreats.com /seabiscuit/connect.html (738 words)

	Gary Stevens (jockey) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gary Stevens (born March 6, 1963 in Caldwell, Idaho) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey.
		With 25,442 career mounts and 4,512 winners [1], Stevens won countless awards and prizes in the horse racing industry including the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1996 that honors a rider whose career and personal conduct exemplifies the very best example of participants in the sport of thoroughbred racing.
		In 1998, he was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gary_Stevens_(jockey) (238 words)

	2004 George Woolf Award presentation
		Robby Albarado was honored as the winner of the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in a winner's circle ceremony at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, Feb. 7.
		Albarado, 30, becomes the 55th winner of the award that has been presented annually since 1950 and honors the memory of one of the greatest Thoroughbred jockeys in history, George Woolf, the Racing Hall of Fame jockey who died from injuries suffered in a spill at Santa Anita in 1946.
		The Woolf Award honors riders whose careers and personal character reflect positively on themselves and the sport of Thoroughbred racing and is prized as one of racing's most prestigious accolades.
	www.horse-races.net /library/article-020804b.htm (344 words)

	Thoroughbred Racing Communications Notebook - February 24, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Jockey Ray Sibille, who rode 4,264 winners in a 35-year career before his retirement last July, is the winner of the 2005 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award; it was announced this past week at Santa Anita Park.
		George Woolf died as a result of the running of the fourth race at Santa Anita on Jan. 3, 1946 when he fell off his mount rounding the clubhouse turn.
		The Woolf Award trophy is a replica of the full-size statue of Woolf that stands in the Santa Anita Paddock Gardens, for fans to admire.
	www.webcom.com /~alauck/trc/trc05/trc0224.html (1422 words)

	Court to receive George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award - Thoroughbred Times
		Court, 46, is the 58th recipient of the award, which has been presented annually by Santa Anita since 1950 and which honors the memory of one of Thoroughbred racing’s greatest jockeys of all time.
		The legendary George Woolf, known as “The Iceman” due to his coolness in big race conditions, died shortly after falling off of W.W. Taylor’s Please Me during the running of the fourth race on January 13, 1946, at Santa Anita Park.
		The Woolf Award honors riders whose careers and personal character reflect positively on themselves and on the sport of Thoroughbred racing.
	www.thoroughbredtimes.com /national-news/2007/February/20/Court-to-receive-George-Woolf-Memorial-Jockey-Award.aspx (485 words)

	★ Jockey ★ - Information on Jockey - Askaroo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In sports, a "jockey" is one who rides horses in thoroughbred horse racing or steeplechase (horse racing),steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.
		George Sorrow's attempt to derive the word from the gypsy ''chukni'', a heavy whip used by horse-dealing gypsies, has no foundation.
		Jockey Beverly Burress broke her arm in a spill in Prairie Meadows' second race on Tuesday.
	askaroo.com /info/jockey.html (1154 words)

	Jockey - QuickSeek Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		To replace child jockeys whose use had been deplored by human rights organizations, a camel race in Doha, Qatar for the first time featured robots at the reins.
		On July 13, 2005, workers fixed robotic jockeys on the backs of seven camels and raced the machine-mounted animals around a track.
		Operators controlled the jockeys remotely, signaling them to pull their reins and prod the camels with whips.
	jockey.quickseek.com (307 words)

	Ron Turcotte - Wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte (born July 22, 1941) is a world-famous jockey[?].
		Born in Drummond, New Brunswick[?], Canada, he began his career as a hot walker for E.P. Taylor's Windfield Farms in 1959 but he was soon wearing the silks and winning races.
		A winner of the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Ron Turcotte was North America's leading stakes-winning jockey in 1972 and 1973.
	wikipedia.findthelinks.com /ro/Ron_Turcotte.html (187 words)

	Eddie Arcaro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He was born George Edward Arcaro in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver.
		A driving force behind the creation of the Jockeys' Guild, he became the only jockey to win two Triple Crowns in Thoroughbred Racing, in 1941 on Whirlaway and again in 1948 on Citation.
		In 1953 he won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, and in 1958 he was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
	www.educhy.com /index.php/Eddie_Arcaro (254 words)

	Golden Glimpses - BAEZA: BENT BY LITIGATION, BUT STILL STRAIGHT WITH FANS
		Baeza was at Santa Anita on March 12 as one of the former George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award winners, who returned to share in the ceremony of the 57th Woolf honoree, Mark Guidry.
		Woolf, known as "The Iceman," was portrayed by retired jockey Gary Stevens in the hit film, "Seabiscuit." After suffering a brain concussion in an accident in the fourth race at Santa Anita on Jan. 3, 1946, Woolf died the next day.
		On balance, in the case of New York State vs. Braulio Baeza, the scale of justice doesn't seem to be as accurate as the scale in the jocks' room.
	www.isd1.com /golden/gold06/goldn617.html (919 words)

	Lawn Jockey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In circles and cultures where reggae and related musical styles are prevalent such as Jamaica, Panama, and other parts of the Caribbean and Latin America, the work of the "Deejay" is divided up and can also refer to an MC or rapper.
		The word "selector" is used as the title of the person who chooses the records, the disc jockey playing them.
		First shown in the original Alien movie as a giant humanoid sitting in front of a telescope-like device, the cargo hold of the Space Jockey's ship was filled with eggs, held in stasis, of Xenomorph facehuggers, the first stage in the Xenomorph life cycle.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/112/lawn-jockey.html (1207 words)

	Finalists Named for George Woolf Award\| bloodhorse.com
		Jockeys Jon Court, Victor Espinoza, Roberto Gonzalez, Aaron Gryder and Mario Pino are finalists for the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Santa Anita Park announced Dec. 13.
		The Woolf Award honors the memory of one of the greatest big-money riders of all time and is one of the most coveted awards in all of Thoroughbred horse racing.
		The Woolf Award has honored jockeys whose careers and personal character have withstood the personal and professional challenges inherent in Thoroughbred racing.
	www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=36718 (123 words)

	Gary Stevens: Jockey
		bout six years ago, jockey Gary Stevens took home a miniature statue of legendary George “The Iceman” Woolf after being voted by his peers as winner of the annual memorial award given to the rider whose career has brought credit to himself and the sport.
		Woolf obtained the ride on 1938 Horse of the Year Seabiscuit after his friend and the horse’s regular rider, Pollard, was seriously injured.
		Woolf helped form the Jockeys’ Guild, an organization that Stevens served as president, and both have been inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame.
	www.garystevens.com /seabiscuit.shtml (1355 words)

	Sibille honored with 2005 George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Retired jockey Ray Sibille was named the winner of the 2005 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award on Sunday.
		Jockeys nationwide have voted since 1985 on the recipient of the George Woolf Award, which pays homage to riders whose careers and personal character reflect positively on themselves and the sport of Thoroughbred racing.
		The Award is named after George "the Iceman" Woolf, who died from an accident in 1946.
	www.brisnet.com /cgi-bin/editorial/article.cgi?print=yes&id=877 (305 words)

	Lex Libertas: Honoring Upstanding Media
		This past Saturday, I was lucky enough to attend an awards ceremony put on by CIMA (Catholics In Media Associates), a group that honors TV shows and movies that put forth good messages.
		Gary Stevens, the jockey who played George Woolf, spoke about his involvement in the film.
		Apparently, the character he played, George Woolf, is considered the greatest jockey in the sports history.
	www.lexlibertas.com /lexlibertas/archives/2003/10/honoring_upstanding_media.php (522 words)

	Online Racebook - Bet on horses - Bestline Racebook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Racing Hall of Fame jockey Earlie Fires is among five honorees being recognized at the Paralysis Project of America`s Sports Legends Awards on February 26 at The Omni Hotel in Los Angeles.
		In 1991, Fires was given the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award by fellow horsemen and the media.
		Honorees for the Sports Legends Awards are selected annually for their contributions to sports by the Paralysis Project of America`s Business and Sports Councils.
	www.bestlineracebook.com /nw_vwJS.asp?IDNW=10 (199 words)

	Seabiscuit Page 2 - Movie Tome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Gary Stevens, who plays jockey George Woolf, was awarded the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1996.
		George Woolf: I think it's better to break a man's leg than his heart.
		Jockeys did not wear goggles and their skullcaps did not have chinstraps in the 1930's.
	www.movietome.com /movietome/servlet/MoviePage2/movieid-70942/Seabiscuit (1487 words)

	National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
		Day, of Louisville, Ky., is one of the greatest professional jockeys in history, and was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1991.
		He led the country in victories six times, with a best of 484 in 1983, and won the Eclipse Award as the nation’s top jockey four times between 1984 and 1991.
		He received the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1985 and the Mike Venezia Award in 1995.
	www.wrestlinghalloffame.org /bio_2005/jockey_pat.php (442 words)

	View From The Rail: Stevens has makings of matinee idol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In 1996, Stevens received the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, named in honor of the legendary rider killed in 1946 in a spill at Santa Anita.
		Like Stevens, Woolf was a master of pace, waiting that extra split-second for a hole to open in front of him and, just when the race hung in the balance, bulling his way to daylight and that sweet rush to the wire.
		The famous jockey on the other end of the line remains unfailingly polite and fights through phone static to belly laugh when told that "Baffert wept" when shown a clip of the film.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /othersports/114093_stevens25.shtml (1030 words)

	Braulio Baeza : Article 15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Braulio Baeza, the brilliant Panamanian jockey who has been national champion money-winning rider the past three years, has been voted the 1968 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award by turf writers covering the Santa Anita winter racing season.
		The award in the form of a cast bronze miniature of the lifesize George Woolf statue at Santa Anita will be presented to Baeza at a special public ceremony at the Arcadia, CA, racetrack on February 22.
		The Woolf Award honors the memory of the famous rider who lost his life in a racing accident at Santa Anita in 1946.
	www.brauliobaeza.com /articles/article_15.htm (256 words)

	Pat Day - Dic.blogopt.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		He is a four-time Eclipse Award winner, and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991.
		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.
		He is the only jockey to have ridden at least one mount in each of the first 20 Breeders' Cups, and ranks second all-time in Breeders' Cup winners, with 12:
	dic.blogopt.com /Pat_Day (331 words)

	Jockey George Woolf
		George rode Gallant Sir to victory in the Aqua Caliente Handicap.
		Woolf was the leading money-winning jockey in North America
		Woolf's tragic death occurred during the running of the fourth race at
	www.secondrunning.com /GeorgeWoolf.htm (251 words)

	Court to Receive Woolf Award \| bloodhorse.com
		Court, 46, is the 58th recipient of the award, which honors the memory of one of the greatest Thoroughbred jockeys of all time.
		Since 1985, jockeys nationwide have voted to determine the winner and as such, it is considered by those that participate in the balloting to be one of racing's most prestigious awards.
		It was named after the legendary George Woolf, known as “The Ice Man” due to his coolness in big race conditions.
	news.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=37656 (466 words)

	Ray Sibille Popular Pick for 2005 Woolf Award - bloodhorse.com
		Sibille, 52, becomes the 56th winner of the award, which has been presented annually since 1950 in honor of one of the greatest Thoroughbred jockeys in history.
		Sibille was nominated for the 2005 Woolf Award along with Rick Wilson, David Flores, Casey Lambert, and Richard Migliore.
		Sibille was a 31-year member of the Jockey's Guild and was on its board of directors.
	racing.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=26788 (511 words)

	TPA Big Sport of Turfdom 2000
		The award is presented annually to an individual whose cooperation with the media enhances coverage of Thoroughbred racing and Pincay will receive it for the second time on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at the Big Sport of Turfdom Luncheon at Arnaud's Restaurant in New Orleans, La. He last won it in 1985.
		He has also been honored with the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award and the Mike Venezia Memorial Award.
		The TPA is an organization consisting of 181 publicity and marketing personnel from racetracks and racing organizations around the country and the Big Sport of Turfdom Award has been presented every year since 1966.
	www.turfpublicists.com /bsot/big_sport_2000.html (307 words)

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