About Russell Baze
Russell Avery Baze is a retired Canadian-American horse racing jockey. He holds the record for the most race wins in North American horse racing history, and is a member of the United States Racing Hall of Fame and the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame. He has won 36 riding titles at Bay Meadows racetrack in San Mateo, California and 27 titles at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California. Baze began his racing career in Walla Walla, Washington in 1974 and won his first race that fall at the Yakima racetrack. Since then he has won 400 or more races in a year seven additional times; no other jockey has accomplished that feat more than three times.
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