Clarence Kummer
Jockey, Hall of fame inductee
1899 – 1930
Who was Clarence Kummer?
Clarence Kummer was a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey who won four American Classic Races.
In early 1920, Kummer rode the 1919 Triple Crown Champion Sir Barton to a new Saratoga track record in winning the Saratoga Handicap. In May 1920 he was given the opportunity to ride Man o' War. He rode the horse to nine wins in nine starts. Kummer's successes in 1920 made him that year's top money-winning jockey in the United States.
Clarence Kummer won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes twice each and had four mounts in the Kentucky Derby with his best result a second place finish in 1923. In a relatively short career he won numerous important races, including the 1925 edition of the prestigious Travers Stakes, but by the end of the latter part of the 1920s constantly battled weight gains and was forced to retire after the 1928 racing season in which he had won his second Belmont Stakes. He then worked as an exercise rider for trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons but was attempting a comeback in 1930 when he died from pneumonia believed to have been as a result of his weakened physical condition brought on by a harsh dieting regimen.
On December 1, 1921 Clarence Kummer married Marion Gascoyne. They had one daughter, Jacqueline In 1932, his widow married another future Hall of Fame jockey, Earl Sande.
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