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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 04 > Hall of Fame jockey ‘Milo’ Valenzuela, 74

Hall of Fame jockey ‘Milo’ Valenzuela, 74

By Pete Thomas / The Bulletin
September 4, 2009

LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame jockey Ismael “Milo” Valenzuela, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes in 1958 and 1968, and retired with a remarkable 2,545 overall triumphs, died Wednesday at his Arcadia home after a lengthy illness. He was 74.

Valenzuela, one of 22 children born to....

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