Laffit Pincay Jr. is described in the public record as Panamanian jockey.
Laffit Alejandro Pincay Jr. (born December 29, 1946) is a retired Panamanian jockey who rode primarily in the United States. He retired in 2003 with 9,530 career victories and $237,120,625 in purse earnings, both then records for a jockey. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1975. Pincay won five Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Jockey, led North American jockeys by earnings seven times, and won seven Breeders' Cup races. His Triple Crown wins included the 1984 Kentucky Derby on Swale and three consecutive Belmont Stakes victories: Conquistador Cielo in 1982, Caveat in 1983, and Swale in 1984. Much of his career was based in Southern California, where he set career-win records at Hollywood Park, Santa Anita Park, and Del Mar Racetrack. == Early life == Pincay was born in Panama City, Panama, on December 29, 1946.
Laffit Pincay Jr. is recorded among the figures by whom equestrian is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Equestrian sport is the only Olympic discipline in which men and women compete directly against one another, and the partnership between rider and horse takes years to build.
