(1918-01-18)January 18, 1918 Baker, Montana, United States
Died
June 19, 1958(1958-06-19) (aged 40) Hollywood, California, United States
Career wins
2,467
Major racing wins
Champlain Handicap (1935) Potomac Handicap (1936) Bahamas Stakes (1937) Blue Grass Stakes (1937) Rowe Memorial Handicap (1937, 1947) Stars and Stripes Handicap (1937) Santa Anita Derby (1938) Empire City Handicap (1938) Tremont Stakes (1938) Narragansett Special (1938) Matron Stakes (1939) San Juan Capistrano Handicap(1939) Suburban Handicap (1939) Westerner Stakes (1939, 1946, 1950) Cowdin Stakes (1941) Hollywood Gold Cup (1941) Jerome Handicap (1943) Hollywood Derby (1946, 1950) Fashion Stakes (1947) Vosburgh Stakes (1947) Frizette Stakes (1947) Del Mar Derby (1949) Hollywood Lassie Stakes (1949) San Antonio Handicap (1949) Massachusetts Handicap (1953) San Luis Obispo Handicap (1953) Delaware Oaks (1954) San Fernando Stakes (1954, 1956) National Stallion Stakes (filly division) (1955) Laurel Turf Cup Handicap (1956)
Racing awards
United States Champion Jockey by wins (1933)
Honours
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame (2002)
Significant horses
Big Pebble, Cravat, Parlo, Stagehand
Jack Gordon Westrope (January 18, 1918 – June 19, 1958) was an American Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.
Born in Baker, Montana,[1] Westrope was the son of racehorse owner/trainer W. T. Westrope. Jack was only 12 years old when he rode his first winner, on a small track in Lemmon, South Dakota. By age 15, while still officially an apprentice jockey, he was the leading rider in the U.S. for 1933. Westrope scored 301 victories from the 1,224 races he competed in that year, giving him a 25% win rate, the highest for any national title holder during the past twenty-four years.[2]
Although based on the West Coast of the United States, Jack Westrope won races across the United States and in Cuba. During his career, he rode 2,467 winners including in numerous important graded stakes races such as the Santa Anita Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, and the Hollywood Gold Cup.
During the running of the 1958 Hollywood Oaks at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California, Westrope was severely injured when he was thrown from Well Away, his horse, and died in hospital a few hours later.[1][3] He was survived by his second wife Terry, daughters Jackie and Jill, and daughters Pamela and Jan from his first marriage, to actress Nan Grey.[4]
For his contribution to the sport, Jack Westrope was inducted posthumously into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2002.[1]
^ abc"Jack Westrope". National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^"Westrope's Rise to Turf Fame Meteoric". The New York Times. December 29, 1933.
^"Los Angeles Times - June 20, 1958". Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
^"Jockey Westrope Sues Track Head". The Pittsburgh Press. March 28, 1940. Retrieved September 12, 2019.
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(1952, 1953) Most wins by a jockey: 2 - Silvio Coucci (1934, 1935) 2 - JackWestrope (1937, 1947) 2 - Nick Shuk (1953, 1954) Most wins by a trainer: 3 -...
over another future National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame jockey, JackWestrope. In 2004, Davis was inducted into the Hall of Fame at the National Cowgirl...
Keith Stuart Sam N. Edmundson Samuel Tufano 2:01.60 1953 Royal Vale 5 JackWestrope James E. Ryan Esther D. du Pont 2:02.20 1952 To Market 4 William Boland...
1+1⁄4 miles 2:01.60 $87,650 1942–1943 Race not held 1941 § Big Pebble 5 JackWestrope William Finnegan Circle M Ranch 1+1⁄4 miles 2:02.60 $89,550 1940 Challedon...
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jockeys Eddie Arcaro, Ted Atkinson, Johnny Longden, George Woolf, and JackWestrope are among the riding stars that won the "Special". Lucky Draw equaled...
Great Circle Ralph Neves Warren Stute Yolo Stable 1:48.40 1949 Bolero JackWestrope Frank E. Childs Abraham Hirschberg 1:42.00 1948 Frankly Gene Pederson...
Champion Three-Year-Old Filly. 2) Ridden by future Hall of Fame jockey JackWestrope for the Brookmeade Stable of Isabel Dodge Sloane, Handcuff won the 1938...
Harry Trotsek Hasty House Farm 1-1/8 1:53.40 $27,500 1956 Traffic Judge JackWestrope 1-1/8 1:54.20 $26,500 1955 Aeschylus Fred A. Smith Douglas R. Small...
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