Considered by many to be the greatest rider ever to come out of the Pacific northwest, Caldwell, Idaho, native Gary Stevens has won the Kentucky Derby-G1 three times, the Preakness Stakes-G1 twice and the Belmont Stakes-G1 three times, as well as eight Breeders’ Cup races. He was elected to the the National Racing Hall of Fame in 1997. Closing in on 5,000 career wins, Stevens has won six riding titles at Hollywood Park, five titles at Santa Anita and led the standings twice at Del Mar, Longacres and Portland Meadows. Stevens, 40, also became the first rider in Longacres history to win over 200 races in a season. He captured the track’s signature Longacres Mile-G3 in 1991 aboard Louis Cyphre (Fr) and won the final race in the Renton oval’s storied history on September 21, 1992. Other career achievements include leading the nation in earnings (1990), becoming the youngest rider in history to surpass $100 million in career earnings (1993), winning 16 grade one races in 1995 and being the 1996 George Woolf Memorial Award recipient.
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