Laffit Pincay Jr., Craig Perret, Kathy Kusner - September 30th

Jockey Tod Sloan rode five consecutive winners at England's Newmarket racecourse. ~1898

Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. had his 5,000th career win, aboard Wander in the seventh race at Santa Anita Park. ~1981

Jockey Craig Perret, 44, won his 4,000th career victory, at Turfway Park, riding Heloise to victory in the eighth race. ~1995

Jockey Kathy Kusner won her first career race, at Pocono Downs. Kusner, a former rider with the U.S. Equestrian Team, had sued to obtain a jockey's license in Maryland in 1968. She won her case but was subsequently sidelined by a broken leg suffered in a training accident. ~1969

After a six-year hiatus, racing returned to Chicago with the reopening of Hawthorne Park. The popular gelding Exterminator, winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby and the then second leading money winner of all time, made a special appearance, racing solo against the track-record time of 2:04 3-5 for 1 1-4 miles. He completed the distance in 2:10. ~1922