Johnny Loftus
| Johnny Loftus | |
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| Occupation | Jockey/Trainer |
| Born | October 13, 1895 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | March 23, 1976 |
| Career wins | 721 |
| Major racing wins | |
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Hopeful Stakes (1913, 1919) American Classic Race wins: Metropolitan Handicap (1924) Dixie Handicap (1938) San Carlos Handicap (1938) |
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| Racing awards | |
| United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1919) | |
| Honours | |
| United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1959) | |
| Significant horses | |
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War Cloud, Regret, Pan Zareta, Pompoon, Man o' War |
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Hopeful Stakes (1913, 1919)
Jerome Handicap (1916)
Travers Stakes (1916)
Toboggan Handicap (1916, 1919)
Withers Stakes (1916, 1919)
Gazelle Handicap (1917)
Kentucky Oaks (1917)
Stuyvesant Handicap (1918, 1919)
Remsen Stakes (1918)
Fall Highweight Handicap (1918)
Empire City Handicap (1919)
Tremont Stakes (1919)
United States Triple Crown (1919)
American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1916, 1919)
Preakness Stakes (1918, 1919)
Belmont Stakes (1919)
John P. Loftus (October 13, 1895 – March 23, 1976) was an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Johnny Loftus was the first jockey to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. During his career, between 1909 and 1919, he won 580 races out of the 2,449 he competed in, for a very notable 23.7% success rate. In 1916 he won the Travers Stakes and Withers Stakes on "Spur" then captured the Kentucky Derby aboard George Smith. In 1917 he won the Kentucky Oaks with the filly Sunbonnet and the next year he rode War Cloud to victory in the Preakness Stakes. As well, Loftus rode Man o' War to victory in eight races, and to the only defeat in the horse's career, a second-place finish at the Sanford Memorial Stakes.
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