(1935-12-24)December 24, 1935 Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
May 26, 1975(1975-05-26) (aged 39) Riverside, Rhode Island, U.S.
Career wins
Not found
Major racing wins
Narragansett Special (1953)
Kentucky Oaks (1954)
Adirondack Stakes (1955)
Metropolitan Handicap (1955)
Schuylerville Stakes (1955)
Bowie Handicap (1956)
Grey Lag Handicap (1958)
National Stallion Stakes (filly division) (1967)
Bewitch Stakes (1972)
Racing awards
United States Champion Jockey by wins (1952)
Honours
Tony DeSpirito Memorial at Rockingham Park
Tony DeSpirito Stakes at Suffolk Downs
Significant horses
High Gun[1]
Anthony DeSpirito (December 24, 1935 – May 26, 1975) was a champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who found instant fame when he won the national riding title in 1952 as an apprentice in his first full year of racing.
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AnthonyDeSpirito (December 24, 1935 – May 26, 1975) was a champion American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who found instant fame when he won the national...
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DeSpirito Waging Close Race for Hickok Award". The Atlanta Constitution. UP. p. 5. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com. "Jockey Despirito Voted...
jockey's résumé and widely reported on by the various media. In 1952, AnthonyDeSpirito won 390 races, breaking Walter Miller's forty-six-year-old record...
Andy at Suffolk Downs, Wajda pulled fellow jockey AnthonyDeSpirito back onto Color Bearer after DeSpirito had been knocked off his saddle in the first turn...
at the track, Henry Wajda pulled fellow jockey AnthonyDeSpirito back onto Color Bearer after DeSpirito had been knocked off his saddle in the first turn...
William Boland Homer C. Pardue Woodley Lane Farm 13th 10 Black Metal AnthonyDeSpirito Edward A. Neloy Maine Chance Farm 14th 1A Sea O Erin Conn McCreary...
highlight was when he won back-to-back races at Lincoln Downs under AnthonyDeSpirito, a former United States champion jockey. As a nine year old, now owned...
American Champion Older Male Horse. High Gun was regularly ridden by AnthonyDeSpirito, the 1952 United States Champion Jockey. After three years of racing...
Boland Thomas M. Waller Mrs. Edward E. Robbins 1:35.00 1955 High Gun 4 AnthonyDeSpirito Max Hirsch King Ranch 1:35.60 1954 Native Dancer 4 Eric Guerin Bill...
Woodhouse James E. Fitzsimmons Ogden Phipps 1:13.00 1955 Dark Charger AnthonyDeSpirito Odie Clelland Helen W. Kellogg 1:04.40 1954 Hidden Ship Jimmy Nichols...
On September 19, 1953, Sailed Away, with New England riding legend AnthonyDeSpirito "up" for trainer R. E. Harper and Rhode Island-based Vigilant Stable...
Holtsinger 4+1⁄2 furlongs 0:52.40 $20,825 Division 1 Bosuns Strike 2 AnthonyDeSpirito Douglas M. Davis Jr. Joan Turner 0:53.20 $21,125 Division 2 1971 Sidle...
Chris Rogers A. J. Zolman Emerald Hill Stable 1:46 1952 Larry Ellis 4 AnthonyDeSpirito J. M. Lingle Mrs. J. M. Lingle 1:43 4/5 1951 Abstract 4 Gene Peterson...
under former capo Patrick "Patty from the Bronx" DeFilippo. In 2003, Spirito Jr. along with Anthony Frascone were arrested on illegal gambling charges...
Eric Guerin Sol Rutchick Adele Rutchick 1:06.40 1955 Dark Charger AnthonyDeSpirito Odie Clelland Helen W. Kellogg 1:05.60 1954 Two Stars Willie Lester...
jury of the 63rd Semaine de la Critique | La Semaine de la Critique of Festival de Cannes". Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 15 April...
Mask of Zorro (1998), directed by Martin Campbell with Anthony Hopkins as an aged Don Diego de la Vega and Antonio Banderas as Alejandro Murrieta, a misfit...
the "CEO" of the group); "Managing Directors" were Carmine Galante and Anthony Mirra. On February 14, 1959, Bentvena went to Bridgeport, Connecticut,...
On November 12, 2002, DeFilippo along with soldiers Emmanuel Guarana, Anthony Frascone and John Spirito and associates Anthony Siano and Russell Trucco...
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