Delahoussaye, "Eddie" (Edward)
Horse racing
b. Sept. 21, 1951, New Iberia, LA
A quarter-horse jockey in his early teens, Delahoussaye began riding thoroughbreds in 1968 and ten years later he was the top jockey in the nation with 384 wins.
Delahoussaye is one of only five jockeys to win the Kentucky Derby two years in a row, aboard Gato Del Sol in 1982 and Sunny's Halo in 1983. He had finished a close second on Woodchopper in 1981.
His other victories in triple crown races came aboard Risen Star in the 1988 Preakness and aboard AP Indy in the 1992 Belmont. Delahoussaye has also won seven Breeders' Cup races, including the 1992 Classic with A. P. Indy.
On August 30, 2002, Delahoussaye suffered serious head and neck injuries in a fall at Del Mar. He announced his retirement in January of 2003.
In 34 years of racing, Delahoussaye won 6,384 races, 12th all-time, and collected purses of $195,881,170, sixth on the all-time list.