Earl Sande

Born Nov. 13, 1898, in Groton. He was 9 when his family moved to Idaho. A Hall of Fame jockey, Sande was the nation's leading rider in 1921, `23 and `27 and he rode such greats as Man o' War, Sir Barton, Zev and Gallant Fox. He was immortalized in verse by Damon Runyan ('Maybe I'll lay against it a million bucks to a fin, Never a handy guy like Sande, Booting them babies in.'). Began racing career in 1918. He came out of retirement in 1930 and rode Gallant Fox to the Triple Crown. Gallant Fox won nine of 10 races that year. Sande is one of a select few who have won the Kentucky Derby more than once. Besides with Gallant Fox, he won with Zev in 1923 and Flying Ebony in '25. He won the Belmont Stakes four other times (with Grey Lag in `21, Zev in `23, Mad Play in `24, Chance Shot in `27). In 1923 he won 39 stakes, including 10 on Zev. Sande had 3,673 mounts and won 968 races (26.4 percent). After his retirement from racing in 1932, he took up training and was America's leading trainer in 1938. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame in 1955.