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| | Isaac Murphy (jockey) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Isaac Murphy (1860-1896) was the first jockey to win three Kentucky Derbies (on Buchanan in 1884, on Riley in 1890 and on Kingman in 1891), and is the only jockey to havewon the Derby, the Kentucky Oaks, and the Clark Handicap in the same year(1884). |
 | | Still considered one of the greatest jockeys in American history, Murphy was dubbedthe "Colored Archer", a reference to Fred Archer, a prominent English jockeyat the time, and won 44% of all races that he rode. |
 | | Isaac Burns was born in 1860 in Fayette County, Kentucky. |
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