Harold Thurber
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OccupationJockey
BornNovember 23, 1892
North Dakota, United States
North Dakota, United States
DiedJuly 27, 1968 (aged 75)
San Diego, California, United States
San Diego, California, United States
| Harold Thurber | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | November 23, 1892 North Dakota, United States |
| Died | July 27, 1968 (aged 75) San Diego, California, United States |
| Major racing wins | |
| Quickstep Handicap (1917) Merchants and Citizens Handicap (1918) National Handicap (1918) Washington Handicap (1918) Clark Handicap (1919) Independence Handicap (1919) Kentucky Handicap (1919) Louisville Cup Handicap (1919) Durham Cup Stakes (1920) New Year's Stakes (1920) Connaught Cup Stakes (1921) Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap (1921) Latonia Cup Handicap (1922) Cowdin Stakes (1923, 1928) Remsen Stakes (1923, 1925) Flash Stakes (1924) Hartsdale Stakes (1924) Hourless Handicap (1924) Pimlico Futurity (1924) Metropolitan Handicap (1924, 1928) Oceanus Handicap (1924) Saratoga Cup (1924) Manhattan Handicap (1925) Edgemere Handicap (1926) Alabama Stakes (1927) Coaching Club American Oaks (1927) Brooklyn Handicap (1927) Empire City Handicap (1927) Lawrence Realization Stakes (1927) Debutante Stakes (1928) Aqueduct Handicap (1928) Saranac Handicap (1928) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Boniface, Chance Play, Ladkin, Nimba, Peanuts, Stimulus | |
Harold H. Thurber (November 23, 1892 - July 27, 1968) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred racing who was a subject in a Franklin Brooke Voss oil painting sitting aboard Nimba, a filly he guided to 1927 American Champion Three-Year-Old Filly honors for owner Marshall Field III.[1]
