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- RETIRED. Angel Cordero Jr., 49, colorful, hard-riding
- Thoroughbred jockey; in New York City. Seriously injured in a
- four-horse spill at Aqueduct last January, he will turn to
- training horses. In a 31-year career, Cordero won 7,076 races
- (third to Bill Shoemaker and Laffit Pincay Jr.), two Eclipse
- Awards as best jockey and a record 14 riding titles at Saratoga.
- His mounts earned $164,571,847, second on the all-time list.
- Elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame in 1988,
- Cordero won three Kentucky Derbies, on Cannonade (1974), Bold
- Forbes (1976) and Spend a Buck (1985), two Preaknesses, on Codex
- (1980) and Gate Dancer (1984), and one Belmont Stakes, on Bold
- Forbes (1976).
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