—1978 - Wins first race aboard Pioneer Patty
paid $24.00 —1978 – Eclipse Award – Top Apprentice
Jockey
—1978 – Wins 262 races
—1979 – Wins the Kentucky Derby aboard Spectacular Bid
—1979 – Wins the Preakness Stakes aboard Spectacular Bid
by 5 ½ lengths (just missed a track record by a fifth
of a second)
—1979 – Autograph signing session in
Baltimore, MD.
—1980 – Leading Jockeys at Delaware –
finishes 2nd in the 50 day meeting 51 to 50 to Mario Pino
—1980 – Wins the Governor’s Cup
Handicap aboard Diplomatic Note upset paid $28.80
—1980 – Leading Jockeys at Bowie –
Final Standings for meeting 3rd – Mts 85, 1st 20, 2nd 13,
3rd 12.
—1981 – Leading Jockeys at Pimlico – Standings for meeting 6th – Mts 290, 1st 45, 2nd 52, 3rd 37.
—1984 – 960th victory from
a career of 5,026 rides, Mounts had earned nearly $9,000,000.
