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1 | After a long illness, his first wife, Linda, committed suicide using his .22 caliber revolver. |
2 | Father of a son, Jean Laffit Pincay, with his second, and current, wife, Jeanine Dorn Pincay. |
3 | First American race was at Arlington Park in Chicago, Illinois in 1966, where he won eight out of his first eleven races. |
4 | Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in 1971, 1973, 1974, 1979, and 1985. Eclipse Special Award in 1999, the year he surpassed Willy Shoemaker as winningest jockey. |
5 | United States Champion Jockey by number of wins in 1971. |
6 | United States Champion Jockey by earnings in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, and 1985. |
7 | In honor of his seven wins in the Santa Anita Derby, the track commissioned a life sized bust of Pincay, which is on permanent public display at Santa Anita. |
8 | In 2004, Hollywood Park Racetrack created "The Laffit Pincay Jr. Award" which has been presented annually since then, on Hollywood Gold Cup Day, the day featuring a race he won an unsurpassed nine times. The trophy was designed by American artist Nina Kaiser, and is awarded for service to the horse racing industry with integrity, dedication, determination and distinction. |
9 | Grandfather of daughter Lisa's two children, Madelyn and Mason. |
10 | His only appearance in a dramatic production, with scripted dialogue, was a November 1974 appearance, portraying himself, on The Rockford Files (1974). |
11 | Father of Laffit Pincay III (born December 8, 1975)and Lisa Pincay (born 1970) with his deceased first wife Linda Radkovich. |
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