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march 23 , 2007 1925 oklahoma , united states ladies -lrb- 1892 , 1894 -rrb- spindrift stakes -lrb- 1892 , handicap 1897 -rrb- belmont futurity stakes -lrb- 1893 -rrb- champagne stakes -lrb- -lrb- 1893 , 1894 -rrb- matron stakes -lrb- 1893 , 1891 1894 -rrb- withers stakes -lrb- 1893 , 1894 -rrb- brooklyn , handicap -lrb- 1893 , 1894 , 1896 -rrb- suburban handicap 1897 -lrb- 1894 -rrb- travers stakes -lrb- 1894 , 1897 -rrb- -rrb- preakness stakes -lrb- 1894 , 1895 -rrb- belmont stakes -lrb- metropolitan 1895 -rrb- gazelle handicap -lrb- 1896 -rrb- kentucky derby -lrb- handicap 1899 -rrb- deutsches derby -lrb- 1909 -rrb- 1867 domino belmar , manuel , assignee , henry of navarre diablo , united states racing hall of fame -lrb- 1955 -rrb- fred taral
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fred taral

fred taral -lrb- 1867 -- 1925 -rrb- was an american hall of fame jockey .
taral began his career in racing in the 1880s at small racetracks in oklahoma .
by 1889 he was among the 24-member jockey colony at the fair grounds race course in new orleans and competed in his first kentucky derby .
in 1908 he left racing in the united states and for a time rode and trained in germany where he rode macdonald to victory in the 1909 deutsches derby .
he returned home following the outbreak of world war i. for owner james r. keene , taral rode future hall of famers domino and henry of navarre .
he also rode domino against henry of navarre to a dead heat in an 1894 match race .
on different horses , that year taral won the new york handicap triple , capturing the brooklyn handicap , metropolitan handicap and the suburban handicap .
in all , taral won the brooklyn handicap on three occasions and the metropolitan handicap twice .
he was also a two-time winner of the travers , champagne and withers stakes .
in the pre-triple crown era , fred taral had back-to-back wins in the preakness stakes .
he first won it in 1894 aboard assignee and in 1895 he won his second preakness plus the belmont stakes with the colt belmar .
in 1899 he won the 1899 kentucky derby aboard manuel .
fred taral died of pneumonia in 1925 .
he was part of the first group inducted in 1955 , into the newly created united states racing hall of fame .
