Don MacBeth

BornAugust 29, 1949

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

DiedMarch 1, 1987 (age 37)

OccupationJockey

SportHorse racing

Don MacBeth

MacBeth with "Coverack" at Hialeah, pictured 25 February 1978
Personal information
Born	August 29, 1949 Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Died	March 1, 1987 (age 37)
Occupation	Jockey
Horse racing career
Sport	Horse racing
Career wins	2,764
Major racing wins
Royal Palm Handicap (1973, 1983) Black Helen Handicap (1974) Lamplighter Handicap (1974, 1977, 1978, 1979) Massachusetts Handicap (1974) Autumn Handicap (1977) Columbiana Handicap (1977) Dominion Day Stakes (1977) Jockey Club Cup Handicap (1978) Salvator Mile Handicap (1979) Vagrancy Handicap (1979) Dwyer Stakes (1980) Bahamas Stakes (1981) Comely Stakes (1981) Firenze Handicap (1981) Laurel Futurity (1981) Suburban Handicap (1981, 1982, 1985) Bertram F. Bongard Stakes (1982, 1984) Ladies Handicap (1982) Secretariat Stakes (1982) Whitney Handicap (1982) Astoria Stakes (1983) Donn Handicap (1983) Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship (1983) Juvenile Stakes (1983) Cowdin Stakes (1984) Damon Runyon Stakes (1984) Frizette Stakes (1984) Gotham Stakes (1984) Hill Prince Stakes (1984, 1985) Hopeful Stakes (1984, 1985) Jerome Handicap (1984) Saratoga Special Stakes (1984) Blue Grass Stakes (1985) Flamingo Stakes (1985) Jamaica Handicap (1985) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1985) Marlboro Cup Invitational Handicap (1985) Matron Stakes (1985) Metropolitan Handicap (1985) Spinaway Stakes (1985) Widener Handicap (1985) Washington, D.C. International (1985) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Juvenile (1984) International race wins: Japan Cup (1982)
Racing awards
Avelino Gomez Memorial Award (1987) George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award (1987) Monmouth Park Champion Jockey (1978, 1979, 1980)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1988) Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund
Significant horses
Temperence Hill, Deputy Minister, Half Iced, Pine Circle, Vanlandingham, Chief's Crown
Updated on March 28, 2007

Donald MacBeth (August 29, 1949 – March 1, 1987) was a Canadian Hall of Fame jockey in North American Thoroughbred racing.^[1]

Born in Red Deer, Alberta, Macbeth rode horses at Alberta racetracks before going to race in the United States. Among horses of note, he rode Deputy Minister, winner of the 1981 Sovereign and Eclipse awards for Outstanding Two-Year-Old Male Horse in Canada and the United States. In Japan, MacBeth rode Half Iced to victory in the 1982 Japan Cup and Chief's Crown to a win in the 1984 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, the 1985 Blue Grass Stakes, and the 1985 Marlboro Cup. He also won the prestigious Washington, D.C. International in 1985 aboard Vanlandingham for trainer Shug McGaughey.

A 1991 Southern Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper story referred to MacBeth as being "among the most respected of jockeys, known well for his gentle nature and integrity."^[2]

MacBeth was the leading jockey at Monmouth Park for three years running between 1978 and 1980.^[3] He won 2,764 races before cancer ended his racing career. For his significant contribution to the sport of horse racing, MacBeth received the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award and the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award.^[4] MacBeth died of cancer in Reddick, Florida, where he lived, on March 1, 1987. The following year he was inducted posthumously into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.