American Classic Race wins:Preakness Stakes (1938)Maurice Wilbur "Moose" Peters (May 14, 1917 – April 6, 1987) was a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who accomplished the remarkable feat of winning a national riding title while still a seventeen-year-old apprentice.
They finished second to winner Lawrin in the Kentucky Derby, won the Preakness Stakes by seven lengths,[3] and ran second to Pasteurized in the Belmont Stakes.
[4] Maurice Peters was one of the founding members when the Jockeys Community Fund and Guild was formed in 1940.
[5] In 1945, Peters began working as a trainer.
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