Jockey Walter Blum, the only Jewish rider inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, died Thursday. He was 89. The cause was lung cancer, according to Blum’s longtime friend ...

Jockey Walter Blum, left, and his horse, Pass Catcher, in the lead at the 1971 Belmont Stakes. Courtesy of Getty Images. Blum, the Brooklyn-born son of a newspaper delivery man, won more than ...

Hall of Fame jockey and former racing steward Walter Blum has died at the age of 89. Blum was one of the winningest riders of all time when he retired from the saddle in 1975.

Hall of Fame jockey Walter Blum, whose victory aboard Pass Catcher in the 1971 Belmont Stakes ended the improbable Triple Crown bid of Canonero II, died on March 14 in Hallandale Beach, Fla.

United States Racing Hall of Fame jockey Walter Blum rode Pass Catcher to the upset victory in front of one of the largest Belmont Stakes crowds of the 20th century.