Jockey Baze Wins First Isaac Murphy Award
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Russell Baze, who recently became the first jockey to ride 400 winners four years in a row, is the winner of the inaugural Isaac Murphy Award.
The 37-year-old Baze, based in Northern California, led the nation in 1995 with 448 victories. He had a national-best winning percentage of .292, the criteria on which the award was decided.
Murphy was one of the great jockeys of the 19th Century.
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