- At age two, emigrated with his family to Taber, Alberta, Canada. In 1927 went to California to find work as a Thoroughbred racing jockey.
- Won horseracing's US Triple Crown in 1943 aboard Count Fleet.
- Died on his 96th Birthday.
- Rode 6,032 winning horses (a world record at the time) in a racing career that covered nearly 40 years, including a sweep of the 1943 Triple Crown aboard Count Fleet.
- Only man in history to win the Kentucky Derby as a jockey (1943 on Count Fleet) and as a trainer (Majestic Prince in 1969).
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 336-337. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
- Inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1958.
- Inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1976.
- Inducted into the National Racing Hall of Fame in 1958.
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