Arthur Pickens Explained

Arthur Pickens
Occupation:Jockey
Birth Place:Norwood, Ohio, United States
Birth Date:July 8, 1888
Death Date:January 16, 1944 (aged 55)
Career Wins:1,055
Race:Breeders' Stakes (1916)
Coronation Futurity Stakes (1916)
Long Beach Handicap (1917)
Tuckahoe Handicap (1919)
Yonkers Handicap (1919)
Grand National Handicap (1920)
D&C Handicap (1922)

American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1908)
Canadian Classic Race wins:
King's Plate (1916)
Breeders' Stakes (1916)

Horses:Mandarin, Stone Street, The Finn

Arthur Pickens (July 8, 1888 – January 16, 1944) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won the most prestigious race in both the United States and Canada.In 1916 Pickens won two of the three races that would later be part of the Canadian Triple Crown series. His wins came aboard distiller Joseph Seagram's colt Mandarin in the 1916 Breeders' Stakes and in Canada's most prestigious race, the King's Plate.[1] That year he also won the Coronation Futurity Stakes for the Seagram Stable.

Among his other accomplishments in racing, on May 28, 1918, he rode four winners at Prospect Park Fair Grounds on Coney Island, New York.[2] In winters he rode at Oriental Park Racetrack in Havana, Cuba, where in 1924 he was one of the track's top jockeys.[3]

Arthur Pickens died at age 55 in Maysville, Kentucky, where he and his wife Lillian Webster Pickens made their home. He is buried in the Maysville Cemetery.[4]

In 2008, Raymond H. Davis of Rockville, Maryland, a second cousin of Arthur Pickens, published his biography titled Remembering Arthur Pickens.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: King's Plate History at Woodbine Entertainment . February 26, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090614063730/http://www.woodbineentertainment.com/queensplate/history.aspx . June 14, 2009 . dead .
  2. Web site: archives - baltimoresun.com - PICKENS HAS BIG DAY. https://archive.today/20130131150047/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1654790152.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=May+29,+1918&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=PICKENS+HAS+BIG+DAY&pqatl=google. dead. January 31, 2013. pqarchiver.com. December 8, 2016.
  3. Web site: $173,600 Paid Out at Havana Pickens Leads the Jockeys. January 16, 1924. December 8, 2016. NYTimes.com.
  4. Web site: Arthur Pickens (1888 - 1944) - Find A Grave Memorial. findagrave.com. December 8, 2016.
  5. Web site: Remembering Arthur Pickens. https://archive.today/20120913184338/http://www.maysville-online.com/lifestyles/article_a72355c5-6278-5705-87c8-f5ea308999b7.html. dead. September 13, 2012. MARLA. TONCRAY. maysville-online.com. December 8, 2016.