Inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1994.
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1977 Associated Press Athlete of the Year. 1978 Sports Illustrated's "Sportsman of the Year".
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United States leading money-winning jockey in 1977 at age 17. Voted both the 1977 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey and for Outstanding Jockey. Awarded the Eclipse Award of Merit in 1977. Voted the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award in 1984. British Champion Jockey in 1984, 1985, 1987.
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Won the 1978 U.S. Triple Crown aboard Affirmed. Won Epsom Derby in 1985 and 1987, the French Derby and the Irish Derby in 1989, and the Italian Derby in 1988 and 1991.
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Champion Jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing in the United States and Europe.
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Named Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" for 1977.