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Russell Baze is a Canadian jockey who has been riding professionally since 1975. He is the all-time leading rider in North America in terms of wins, with 12,842 victories. He has won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey, and the Mike Venezia Memorial Award.
Baze was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on August 7, 1958. He began riding professionally at the age of 17, and his first win came at Longacres Racetrack in Seattle, Washington. He has since gone on to win numerous races, including the Breeders' Cup Sprint in 1993 and the Pacific Classic Stakes in 1994.
Baze has been married to his wife, Debbie, since 1982. They have two children, a daughter, and a son.
Baze is currently 66 years old and has an estimated net worth of $10 million. He continues to ride professionally and is considered one of the best jockeys in the world.
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66 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Leo |
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7 August, 1958 |
| Birthday |
7 August |
| Birthplace |
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Nationality |
Canada |
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Russell Baze Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Russell Baze Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Russell Baze worth at the age of 66 years old? Russell Baze’s income source is mostly from being a successful Jockey. He is from Canada. We have estimated
Russell Baze's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
On July 7, 2013, in Pleasanton, California, riding Handful of Pearls, Baze won the final race on the last day of the Alameda County Fair, making it his 12,000th win and his 4th win of the day.
Although he had won every other stakes race at Golden Gate Fields, Russell had never won the track's most prestigious race: the San Francisco Breeders' Cup Mile. That changed on April 24, 2010 when he took the race on Bold Chieftain from the pacesetter, Monterey Jazz.
On February 1, 2008, at Golden Gate Fields, Baze rode Two Step Cat to a photo finish victory in the third race to become the first North American rider to win 10,000 races. On August 14, 2010, in the fourth race at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California, Baze rode Separate Forest, a first-time starter, to his 11,000th win.
In 1999, Baze was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and in 2002, he was voted the recipient of the prestigious George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award by his peers. Since the inauguration of the Isaac Murphy Award in 1995, presented annually by the National Turf Writers Association to the jockey with the highest winning percentage in North America, Baze has won it 13 of 14 years, coming in second in 2004.
After winning 400 or more races in a year for four consecutive years, Baze got his big break by being honored with a special Eclipse Award in 1995. 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.
On October 14, 1989, Baze was aboard Hawkster when that three-year-old colt set the Santa Anita Park track record for 1⁄2 miles on turf. Baze gained a lot more fame in the fourth race at Bay Meadows on December 1, 2006, by setting the world's all-time record for most career victories, passing jockey Laffit Pincay Jr., by winning career race 9,531 aboard Butterfly Belle, owned by Jim Pitzer Sr. of Washington. Among other noteworthy accomplishments, during the two days of October 17 and 18, 2007, Baze won eleven races.
Baze began his racing career in Walla Walla, Washington in 1974 and won his first race that fall at the Yakima racetrack. By the early 1980s he was making a name for himself, winning racing titles at northern California racetracks including a victory in the 1981 California Derby. Baze went on to lead United States thoroughbred horse racing in victories ten times. He has won 36 riding titles at Bay Meadows racetrack in San Mateo, California and 27 titles at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California.
Russell Avery Baze (born 7 August 1958 ) is a retired 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.
