orig. George Edward Arcaro
born Feb. 19, 1916, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
died Nov. 14, 1997, Miami, Fla.
U.S. jockey.
He became the first jockey to ride five Kentucky Derby winners (1938, 1941, 1945, 1948, 1952) and the first to ride two Triple Crown champions (Whirlaway, 1941; Citation , 1948). In 31 years of riding Thoroughbreds (1931–61), he won 549 stakes events, a total of 4,779 races, and more than $30 million in purses.