death_date birth_place race birth_date horses honours article_title name occupation
october 23 , 1996 matanzas , cuba del -lrb- 1940 -rrb- santa catalina nursery stakes -lrb- 1940 -rrb- mar narragansett special -lrb- 1950 -rrb- providence stakes -lrb- 1952 -rrb- handicap grey handicap -lrb- 1956 -rrb- shady well stakes -lrb- 1956 -lrb- -rrb- seagram cup -lrb- 1956 -rrb- breeders ' stakes -lrb- 1940 1956 -rrb- marine stakes -lrb- 1957 -rrb- vandal stakes -lrb- -rrb- 1958 -rrb- woodbine oaks -lrb- 1958 -rrb- la jolla handicap november 14 , 1916 canadian champ , crafty admiral oriental park racetrack hall of fame -lrb- 1980 -rrb- eugene a. rodriguez
 eugene rodriguez jockey
eugene a. rodriguez

eugene a. rodriguez -lrb- november 14 , 1916 -- october 23 , 1996 -rrb- was a cuban-born jockey in american thoroughbred horse racing .
born in matanzas , cuba , rodriguez began his career in racing at oriental park in havana , a racetrack which in 1980 would induct him in their hall of fame .
after emigrating to the united states , he competed at racetracks in california where he won a riding title at del mar racetrack in 1940 .
he went on to race in new york state , new jersey , florida as well as in toronto , canada during the latter part of the 1950s .
in toronto he won a number of stakes races at woodbine racetrack and the autumn 1956 riding title at greenwood raceway .
rodriguez notably was aboard the future canadian horse racing hall of fame colt canadian champ for his wins in the 1956 seagram cup and the breeders ' stakes .
