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Pittsburgh Phil - George E. Smith

Pittsburgh Phil was a charismatic Pittsburghian named George E. Smith. He was phamos for his  aphorisms and his gambling skill. He he learend as much from watching his fellow gamblers as he did from studying the horses.He noted that "all consistently successful players of horses are men of temperate habits" and also that people at the track needed to keep their attention on the race and not on the opposite sex.  He observed that commonly gamblers try to make up for losses by betting even more heavily. He suggested that gamblers should do the opposite, noting that when people are losing they are also often losing their calm reasoning ability. No wrote: "Cut your bets when in a losing streak and increase them when running in a spasm of good luck." Following his own advise, he died in 1905 leving an estate of almost $2 million, an enormous amount of money at that time.

(1855-1911). John Warne (Bet-a-Million) Gates, barbed wire^qv promoter and oilman, and gambler.
Gates gambled at poker, the stock market, and horse races. In 1900 in England rumors had him winning over $2 million and said he had bet a cool million, a fabrication that gave him his nickname.Gates charitable contributions  included Mary Gates Memorial Hospital in Port Arthur and St. Charles Home for Boys. Mrs. Gates later gave funds to establish Gates Memorial Library in Port Arthur, the forerunner of Lamar University at Port Arthur.

100 Years of the Daily Racing Form

In the summer of 1905 the Daily Racing Form began to publish the records of horses past performances, which became the  Rosetta Stone of horse racing, revealing  fractional times, speed figures, medications, equipment, odds, pedigree, career totals, trainer, jockey, speed figures, positions during races, workouts. The Daily Racing form also adds cryptic comments such as "passed tired horses."  See

The Winning Horses

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Canadian Jockeys

Search the linked page for Robyn Smith (Astaire)  
Donna Barton
Women Jockeys
Johnny Velasquez
Kent Desormeaux
Jerry Bailey
Pat Valenzuela
Edgar Prado
Javier Castellano
 Pat Day
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Jerry Bailey
Alex Solis
Johnny V
Kent D.
E. Prado
 P. Day
J. D. Bailey
Gary Stevens
Jorge Chavez
Jose Santos
Bill Shoemaker 
Laffit Pincay Jr.
Eddie Arcaro  Braulio Baeza 
Chris McCarron
Angel Cordero Jr.
Earl Sande
Ted Atkinson
Pat Day
Laverne Fator
Mack Garner
Bill Hartack
Charley Kurtsinger
Johnny Longden
Mike Smith,
Sonny Workman
Wayne Wright

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