Triple Crown series:Preakness Stakes (1942)Basil B. James (May 18, 1920 – April 10, 1998) was a two-time American National Champion jockey.

After a successful 1937, in January 1938 he was suspended for ninety days after "grabbing Herb Litzenberger during the running of the seventh race" at Santa Anita Park.

On April 11, 1936, Basil James rode Indian Broom to a World record time for a mile and one-eighth on dirt at California's Tanforan Racetrack.

Aboard Alsab he won the 1942 Preakness Stakes setting a new race record and winning by a length ahead of the second-place finisher, but his career was interrupted later that year as a result of his World War II service with the United States Army.

[7] In 2019, the Times Herald-Record highlighted Basil James' win riding Alsab at the 1942 Preakness Stakes as an event of importance in the history of sports that took place on the date 9 May.