Laffit - All About Winning
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2018
- Laffit: All About Winning chronicles the inspirational story behind the Hall-Of-Fame jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr. Dozens of the world's greatest jockeys, trainers, owners, and sportswriters relive forty years of racing history from Churchill Downs, Santa Anita, Del Mar, Hollywood Park, Belmont, Panama and more!
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Laffit you kindly gave me your racing helmet when I came to Hollywood Park racecourse in 1980. I was than an apprentice jockey in Singapore 🇸🇬 I used your race helmet for good luck and I had won numerous feature races. You are my legend. Thank You for passing on you legacy to me. You are and will always be my star jockey. I am 65 now.
Sounds made up
Great documentary. Thirty-nine years a thoroughbred jockey? The talent, the determination, the discipline, the class....the wins. The guy is a legend.
I saw him the other day, in the saddling ring for the Santa Anita Derby....there were celebrities there, including his son....Laffit stood out, his dress, his manor, still Laffit Pincay, still the best.
I remember when Laffit rode Skywalker, I took Skywalker out to graze one afternoon before the Classic in '86, Michael Whittingham asked me to, just to get him out of his stall. Just before I was about to take him back inside the Shedrow, a horse fly landed on Skywalker's left hind end, he went straight up in the air. The shank went between his front legs and he knocked me down, but I never let go. Probably a good thing. Salute to Laffit & Skywalker, what a memory.
I'm glad to see this. I got to see him ride and win many times. He is a natural equine communicator. Laffit is a hero and beautiful example of kindness and humility. His mom raised him with love, respect, and dignity.
It goes without saying that Liffit Pincay is the best race rider there ever was or probably ever be. I worked fot NYRA in the 70's & 80's. I was a "ponygirl" & then became an Outrider. I met Laffit when i was ponying & can say besides his prowess as a rider he was a very nice, kind, polite, respectful person you could meet. The racetrack is not always known for that. Lol. God bless you & your family. Have a long & healthy life. Lynnewellbred
The greatest Jockey ever.... Thank you Laffit for all the wonderful moments, i admire you so, so much SIR....Thank you for riding my horse once. Gracias CAMPION!
It's disgraceful to have baffert speak about Laffitt when he rode for Bill Spawr I don't think Laffit ever rode for that piece of sh!t baffert that guy should be in prison what he represents in horseracing is criminal and doesnt belong in the sport not like Laffit who's CLASS PERSONIFIED
With all those victories & broken records he's nailed ! Even though he's retired it without doubt many would love to have him as mentor in horse racing.
One of the greatest jockey of world ever lived in our times
One of the classiest human beings ever what a LEGEND an ICON
I met Laffit at DEL MAR racetrack, and he hugged me, cuz I was so moved to meet him, a horse racing God
When I need a boost of inspiration I watch this. He is one of my favorite riders ever. Racing was his heart and the horse was the beat to his heart ❤️. Im forever grateful for what his did for the sport. Much love to him 💪💪🐎🐎
Watching him ride in the late 60' early 70's to chatting with Laffit well into his retirement at Santa Anita was one of the thrills of my lifetime. The ultimate professional, tough, classy and humble. Thanks for all the great rides and memories.
HE RODE A LOT FOR THE GREAT TRAINER FRANK "PANCHO" MARTIN
PINCAY was the BEST jockey EVER
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Was my favorite until he retired. I was a Santa Anita goer and the fans had a treat as the jockeys had to walk through the open crowd on their way back to the jock's room. I never got tired of shaking Pincay's hand and getting his autograph several times. The SoCal colony was the toughest in the country though the snobby New Yorkers would never concede to that.
I had one horse who would become very depressed for days if he lost a race. He loved going to the winners circle and expected to be treated like a king after.
I so understand this. They are emotional creatures! Mine is similar. He expects to he treated like a king and cannot tolerate people who doesnt understand how great he is! He is a joy!
Great documentary. I grew up seeing Pincay Jr. races, and yes, as a child, I pretended to be him riding a thoroughbred while on top of a spring supported toy pony. Those were the days of
Laffitt Pincay Jr. a legend for the ages.😊
Absolutely the best horse racing film ever.
Well, if I can’t be a baseball player, I’ll be a Jockey”! In other words, I’ll just be the greatest at whatever I decide. This guy is just incredible.
What a legacy. BRAVO. A life well lived. I have run the course . I have won the race. Now come home my faithful servant.
What a great example of a man.
Lafitte has such wonderful energy. As soon as you see that smile, you think wow that is a happy person ! I want that ! That’s what I thought. A very happy person.
This is such an amazing Man that has been a pleasure to learn about, So inspirational and such a role model.
Great documentary. Really First Class. Thank you for sharing.
Great memory's great time and era to have lived in 🙏✝️
Well done Laffit and Happy Retirement..May you have the best in life just like what you gave to the racing fraternity..You are truly the greatest of all.. The Legend of Horse Racing..
Back when I first started betting on the horses I always had the hardest time with Laffit Pincay's horses. If I bet them they ran out of the money, if I bet against them he'd beat me . It was always exciting to watch him though, just when you thought he never had a chance he'd carry the horse to the finish line. The memories are precious and I'm thankful to have them
Laffit will always be a hero of mine. Such a great person.
Tremendous video about one of the greatest of all time well done
Awesome jockey, Laffit!
Most will remember Laffit as one of the best hockey's ever to ride a horse, and he was, but he was equally if not more a good man. Thank you for posting. JohnG, Indiana
He is! I just met him last sunday here in Panama for the Laffit Pinckay Classic Race.
My father took me to Santa Anita when I was 16 years old. My greatest memory of that day was getting Pincay's autograph and of course the Shoe. As a young adult in horseracing years later I was able to meet them both as a part of racing. What a trip. Always a class act.
Wow , this makes me want to wax poetic . Fantastic racing documentary ! I had a 35 year love affair with racing sputter out about 15 years ago , maybe its not just the same sport anymore . I have been to racetracks all over , and made my first trip to Santa Anita when I was in grade 10 in 1977 with my father . We made the trip down from Vancouver , and we were invited into the broadcast booth , to watch my first race with the late great Chic Anderson . I was a big Sandy Hawley fan , as he was a Canadian and had won the racing title there the previous year . I soon became a Pincay fan though , and watching this brings back many memories . For me , his greatness was distilled in the 1983 Belmont stakes . This documentary shows the bumping at the quarter pole , but his overall ride was masterful . I had the race on videotape and I still remember the isolation of him wending Caveat through a large field of horses . I still recall Woody Stevens comment " maybe we will be on the outside one day " all the while CBS commentator Frank Wright ( a known Cordero fan ) trying to defer the blame ! Wonder if anyone else recalls that ? Pincay is indeed a class act , and I have the world of respect for this man ! Byron
WHAT A GREAT HUMAN BEING. GB
Not only a great horse racing documentary, purely just a wonderful documentary. I loved it, I have watched it three times. Brings me back to being a kid in southern california. What a jockey coloney. Laffit, was always
clearly the best of the best.
Top class show top class jockey top class man
An incredible jockey, an incredible man!
If thoroughbred racing and those that partake in it interest you, you might enjoy First Mount, a short novelette that I read recently about a young jockey’s travails at making the weight to get his first ride and what he’s willing to endure to get it.
Wonderful documentary about a wonderful Man! Amazing! Thank You for posting this.
My wife and I went to Saratoga Springs in 1973 to see Secretariat in the Travers. Big Red had a cold and was scratched but they saddled him up and paraded him for the crowd drawn by him. He stood about 10 feet from me looking in my eyes. In lieu of betting on Secretariat, I bet on Protonto, Lafite Pincay up. Protonto won. Lafite was my favorite jockey after that.
I've been going to the racetrack since my dad & uncles took me when I was little boy to racetracks in New England Rockingham Park & Suffolk and new York tracks ...I'm like the 12 year old who fan who loved racing and knew racing Pincay was one of the best to ever ride a race horse...many great riders I've have seen ..pincay one of the best of the best ..a situational jockey..who whether on lead stalking or closing was fantastic
Man that was a great show. Really well put together
Beautiful documentary.What a guy! Thank you for posting.x
⭐🌟💟🌟⭐ I'm watching this remembering of all the winners circle picture photos we have with Willie Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay jr., Chris McCarron and a bunch of other well-known jockeys... Hang in our living room is a horse that Pincay rode as he was battling to other horses. If you've ever looked and horses as they greet the finish line, their heads bobbing forward and back with each stride and right when they hit the finish line our horse took the final bob back and went from first to third place but I tell you, Laffit worked his ass to get that horse to touch that finish line from dead last.
I was there, at Santa Anita and Hollywood Park in the 70's, Laffit Pincay was the best jockey ever--strength, and soft hands---there's no jockey who could do what he could.
Laffit Pincay was The Best during the 70s and Early 80s. Bye 1985 it was Gary Stevens, Chris M, Pat Valenzuala and Eddie D that were winning most of the Races.
What a great life!
Terrific video. a lot of great racing moments and memories. Thanks for posting!
Great video Andy. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
Just Amazing !!!
Wow. Its determination that separates the champions from the rest. Nothing comes your way without hard work. This is evident in this movie.
"To be a jockey is to be an athlete"
Virgilio Decan "Aly Khan"
(1931 - )
Venezuelan retired horse racing caller.
Laffit Pincay Jr. is a living legend of thouroughbred horse racing ☺ 😊 😄
Viva Panamá !
No words. Simple one of the best congratulations
The greatness jockey of all time god blessss
I remember him and he was a hell of a rider and an amazing athlete. I would have loved to have put him on some horses but by the time I learned about him he was always booked up.
I used to be a horse groomer in Hollywood Park and Santa Anita back in late 90s early 2000s and a couple of times Laffit rode for my stable humble guy ,working at the track was one of the best times I had in my life it was cool traveling with 🐎 all over the country
I truly cried in his last speech, when he said he was proud to be a Panamanian...
Much respect he never forgot where he came from...
A true man of honor. From the greatest ever.
During that segment of the speech he began crying when he mentioned his family. Of course his wife had shot and killed herself one day in the 1980s while he was at the track riding races. He then went on to say that he was very proud to be a Panamanian AND to be living in a great country (the United States).
Wonderful documentary. Amazing Laffit.
A wonderful documentary. What an athlete!
Also Bill Shoemaker of course. He and Laffit were the top racing jockeys of their era.
Enjoyed very much..
Wonderful encounter into the life passion heartbreak and lifes rewards of one of if not the greatest jockey of all time. He is certainly in good company with the legends, right where he belongs.
Pincay will always be remembered as one of the all time greats, but the thrashing he gave Sham coming home in the Preakness when the race was clearly lost remains indelible to me. Maybe that's part of what it takes to be a legendary Jock. Even when all hope is lost in winning you get everything you can out of your mount to finish in the money.
No consolation for Sham's hide.
He should have been given a HUGE FINE, for animal abuse.
He knew there was no way Sham could ever catch Secretariat but he kept on whipping the horse...
1973 Triple Crown Races weren't his finest mounts
Yeah but everything is relative. Most horses take a whooping in the final stretch if there's even a ghost of a chance to finish in the money. I just watched the replays of 1973 TC and the best I can tell Turcotte only hit Red maybe a total of five times, and mostly in the last turn in the Derby. It just looks a lot worse when a Jock goes to the whip when the rider of the better horse has his put away. I also looked at AP's stretch run at Belmont and Espinosa hit him until there was no doubt. Turcotte pretty much hand rode Sec in all three races, which is ridiculous considering how fast the times were. It's crazy to even consider, but if Turcotte had prodded him he may have run 2:22 at Belmont. It doesn't matter so much as the 2:24 will stand for at least a hundred years. Until the next one comes along. A once in a century horse.
@@greggallucci607 Sec, was whipped hard in his races that he lost. PEOPLE FORGET THIS= FACTS= SEC WAS BEATEN FIVE TIMES, IN A,SHORT CAREER. SEC LOST TO ALL NON CHAMPS. EVEN SOME CHEAP HORSES BEAT SEC. SEC LOST THE WHITNEY STAKES TO A SMALL GELDING SPRINTER NAMED ONION. SEC, WAS HUMILIATED IN THE WOODWARD STAKES AT THE BELMONT DISTANCE BY A,ALLOWANCE HORSE NAMED PROVE OUT! SEC WAS BADLY BEATEN IN THE WOOD MEMORIAL BY ANGLE LIGHT, WHO WASN'T A REALLY GOOD HORSE. FACTS MATTER! NOT EMOTIONS. SEC WAS THE MOST OVERRATED HORSE EVER
So captain, how did the election go for your candidate? Onion set a track record at the distance in a previous race and was well known. Angel Light was also well known and a stablemate and not an allowance horse. In the Woodward Sec was a late replacement for Riva Ridge and hadn't been training for another 1 1/2 miles so soon after the Belmont. He got creamed in the gate in his first start. and DQ'd questionably in another race as a two year old. Pretty sure that covers all his "losses". If facts matter chew on this. Big Red no only holds the record time in all three Triple Crown races, but also ran a ridiculous 2:24 under a hand ride at a 1 1/2, and had Turcotte pushed him a bit he could have run 2:23 or better easy. Not that's there's any chance that 2:24 will be broken any time soon, if ever. On any track. HeyI just picked up a MAGA hat on clearance. Found the link on AONN.com.
@@greggallucci607 He set a sprint Record. 😂😂sec was beaten by a sprinter" who ran a Distance😅😅 2= angle light did nothing as far as after his fluke win😂😂😂 How is it going now?
Thanks for this video. Take it From a professional 35 year horse player (and a winning horse player at the game ) this video taught me a couple of things. I guess we're always learning
Lafitt Pincay was the ultimate professional. Excellent documentary.
Like others have said on here, what a great man. He worked hard and earned everything he had, and is a great father who raised kids who do the same.
Horse racing wins aside, whats more important than those things?
If I ever buy that 12,500 claimer Laffit, you can ride him anytime you want.
Fantastic documentary! Thanks.
Thank you for this beautiful documentary. Impressive. Laffit Pincay. Remarkable human being. Plus 9,530 well-deserved career wins.
Beautifully done, great documentary. I saw him at Churchill Downs in 2009 at the Derby He signed my Derby book What a great person and incredible athlete.
I loved this movie, I was fortunate enough to meet Laffit during a event at Churchill in the mid-90's, I happened to have a Swale sports card on me and asked him for autograph, He looked at me with a smile and said sure, fond memories of his racing abilities, He was the absolute master of the 7 furlong distance, regardless of the horses odds, he found a way to win with a horse at that very specific distance, I miss his skill in the southern California jockey colony
Great documentary brilliant man Great jockey. Never heard of him amazing jockey. His passion and a great pair of hands. He could have gone on forever but it was the right time to retire.
Really enjoyed this video, thank you for sharing it with us!!
I used to watch the nightly replays on Channel 56 in the L.A. area not because of any wager, but only to watch the brilliance and mastery of Laffite Pincay. I rarely missed that TV program because of him.
Does anyone else find it odd that there was no mention, AT ALL, of the 73' Triple Crown races?
Pincay beat the HELL out of poor Sham! So, yeah, Iguess for him it was all about winning!
That wasn't his fault, it was whoever produced this. I've seen him talk about it in other interviews and documentaries.
@@foots-qt4pk - I learned from some other video I recently found here on RUclips that Sham was injured in the '73 Belmont Stakes. Prior to that he had ran very well against Secretariat, even finishing ahead of him in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.
Un orgullo de nuestra patria PTY.......
He came to my birthday party., ! Admired my FOREGO collection
Lol he us my uncel on my dads side of the family
Amazing good!!! Thanks so much for sharing
I'm never growing up and watching him when your races watch this video was the best thing of his life history where he struggled to prove himself that's horses I will always remember him a jockey who came from a foreign country into the United States and had a chance to prove himself ❤
beautiful. thank you for sharing.
RIP beautiful Linda.
These jockeys have direct impact on the finances of many. In 1981 Pincay and Cordero were dueling for the Saratoga riding title: "Cordero on the outside...PINCAY on the rail!" (Cordero won I think).
If thoroughbred racing and those that partake in it interest you, you might enjoy First Mount, a short novelette that I read recently about a young jockey’s travails at making the weight to get his first ride and what he’s willing to endure to get it.
Living Legend!
"All about RESPECT" ! - for the thunder of the horse.
I've owned one horse. A claimer who got claimed from me in his first race for me. Laffit was my jockey. He won by four lengths. Such a thrill!
happy 74th Laffit !
A great video can't say how much enjoyed it I was in racing a lot of years I always thought Steve cauthorne was great jockey but this guy was some thing else
Loved his riding style; 8:5 or 25:1 coming down the stretch, watch out for Lafitt.
What a Great story
Used to love when he came to ride in NY each year. We used to say that he could win on a cow.
I'm shocked nothing was said in this piece about perhaps the greatest horse Pincay ever road, a horse by the name of Sham. Sham had the distinct misfortune of being born in the same year as his second cousin, a big red superhorse called Secretariat. Sham and Big Red shared the same damsire, champion broodmare sire, Princequillo, the horse who passed on to them their 18 and 22-pound hearts. The normal size for a thoroughbred's heart is 9-10 pounds.
I have no doubt Pincay could have ridden Sham to all three Triple Crown wins in any other year. Perhaps the most amazing part of Big Red's record-setting win of 1:59 2/5 in the Kentucky Derby in 1973--which is still the race record nearly 50 years later--is that he only won by two lengths. Sham actually ran the second-best time in the history of the Kentucky Derby until Manarcos came along and won the race in 2001.
Take Sham out and Secretariat was more than 10 lengths ahead of Our Native in both the Derby and the Preakness. Along with his legendary Belmont Secretariat's 1973 Triple Crown campaign was something to behold. Side note: I brought up Pincay not mentioning Sham in this documentary in a FB group and was told by people VERY close to Pincay that he said that Affirmed was his favorite because he thought that was what people wanted to hear, and that Sham is indeed Laffit's favorite horse.
Compitió en mexico y se dio a conocer por su humildad y gran jinete siento que el a ser hispano nos merendemos en español
Great documentary! really informative, well done, interesting.
If thoroughbred racing and those that partake in it interest you, you might enjoy First Mount, a short novelette that I read recently about a young jockey’s travails at making the weight to get his first ride and what he’s willing to endure to get it.
What a great jockey and film
Simply the best won me lots of $$$$$$
Weird that Pincay (unless I missed it) never mentions Sham when he's talking about his favorite rides. I always thought he preferred Sham over Affirmed.
WINNER 👍🍾🍾🍾
Wouldn't it have been a dream to see Laffitt on Secretariat?
What an athlete.
AMAZING MAN...UNDENIABLY SUPERLATIVE AHTLETE...
I've got this DVD with his autograph on it. My grandpa gave it to me several years back. He's dead now and I can't recall if he'd got it signed in person or if it was an autographed copy he bought
Wow!