Horse Racing Silks, worn by Steve Cauthen
date: label: date made
content: ca 1978
name: label: wearer
content: Cauthen, Steve
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: These horse racing silks were worn by American born jockey Steve Cauthen (b. 1960). Raised in Kentucky, Cauthen first raced professionally at Churchill Downs racetrack 1976. The following year, he led the nation in wins, becoming the first $6 million dollar jockey.
label: Description (Brief)
content: In 1978, Cauthen became the youngest jockey to win the U.S. Triple Crown, riding the horse Affirmed.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Cauthen was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey, Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year and the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award. He wasinducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1994.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Cauthen finished his career with 2,794 victories.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Horse Racing
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Steve Cauthen (through Ronald (Tex) Cauthen)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0615.01
label: accession number
content: 1979.0615
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0615.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jacket
label: Object Name
content: horse racing jacket
label: Object Name
content: jacket, horse racing
label: Object Name
content: silks, horse racing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 1/2 in x 24 in; 80.01 cm x 60.96 cm