Don Pierce, a Hall of Fame Jockey Who Won More than 3,500 Races, Dies at 89

Don Pierce, a Hall of Fame jockey who won more than 3,500 races, dies at 89

Don Pierce, who won 3,546 races during a 30-year riding career that culminated in his election to racing’s Hall of Fame, has died. He was 89.

Hall of Fame jockey Don Pierce dies at 89

The winner of four Santa Anita Handicap winners was one of the leading riders in Southern California in the 1960s and 1970s.