Lenny Goodman
American jockeys' agent
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Lenny Goodman (died September 24, 1996, in Rockville Centre, New York) was a jockey's agent notable for having "served as coach, tutor and surrogate father for the teen-aged jockey Steve Cauthen".[1][2][3] He has been described as the "William Morris of jockey agents"[4] and a "nonpareil agent".[5]
Lenny Goodman | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1920 |
| Died | September 24, 1996 (aged 76) |
| Occupation | jockey's agent |
| Known for | coach, tutor and surrogate father for the teen-aged jockey Steve Cauthen |
| Awards | Jockey Agent's Hall of Fame |
Goodman was inducted into The Jockey Agent's Hall of Fame.[6]
Goodman was also the agent for Wesley A. Ward,[7] John Rotz, Bobby Ussery, Bill Hartack, Braulio Baeza[1] and Robbie Davis.[8] Baeza referred to him as “"Double-07' because Goodman is an astute handicapper who rarely puts the jockey on the wrong horse. "I owe a lot to him," Braulio said.”[9]
During World War II, he was a welder in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.[9]
A resident of Woodmere, New York, Goodman died at the age of 76 after several years of poor health after a stroke in 1993.[1]
