| Birth: | Feb. 19, 1916
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ohio, USA | | Death: | Nov. 14, 1997
Miami-Dade County, USA | 
Horseracing Jockey. He rode Whirlaway and Citation to Triple Crown winners, the only jockey to ever accomplish this feat. Acaro won the Kentucky Derby five times, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes six times. Forced retirement was mandated in 1962 because of severe Bursitis in his right arm. In his career of 24,092 races, Arcaro had 4,779 wins, 3,807 seconds and 3,302 third place finishes while compiling over thirty million dollars in purses. He later served as a television commentator and finally as a PR man for the Golden Nugget Casinos in Los Vegas. He died of liver cancer at his home in Miami, Florida at the age of 81 and was cremated. (bio by: Donald Greyfield (inactive))
Search Amazon for Eddie Arcaro | | | Burial:
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery
Miami
Miami-Dade County
Florida, USA
Plot: Outside Columbariam niche |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Donald Greyfield (inacti...
Record added: Nov 02, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 8053645 |
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To one of the best jockeys ever. Salute
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Added: Apr. 21, 2013 |
Eddie -Whirlaway & Citation were lucky to have you on board for those triple crown wins. Five (5) Kentucky Derby victories, Six (6) Belmont Stakes victories. All those magical silks are somewhere, I hope your family holds on to them. That's History. R. ...(Read more)
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Added: Apr. 21, 2013 |
Eddie-I'll bet your ghost roams Cicero Av. outside of Chicago, thinking of the Great races at Hawthorne, and Sportsmans Park. You were a true pioneer my friend. You brought a lot of excitement to racing fans. You were actually a Giant. R.I.P
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