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James D. Nichols
James D. "Jimmy" Nichols (March, 1928 - February 27, 2003) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey and a widely respected horseman who, after retiring from race-riding, played a key role in the two U.S. Triple Crown race wins of Risen Star.
Known as "Jimmy", and nicknamed "Cowboy," he competed in rodeo bull riding, worked as a stable groom, and then went on to became a successful jockey in Quarter Horse racing before turning to Thoroughbred flat racing.〔(Youngstown Vindicator (Ohio) - July 3, 1984 )〕
==Riding career==
In 1947 Jimmy Nichols was the leading apprentice jockey at Hollywood Park Racetrack
〔(2012 Hollywood Park Media Guide )〕 and the following year, the leading jockey at Del Mar Racetrack. He went on to ride for major racing stable owners such as Christopher Chenery, George A. Pope, Jr., the Phipps family's Wheatley Stable, Fred W. Hooper and John W. Galbreath. During his career, Nichols rode in seven U.S. Triple Crown races, his best finish a third aboard Gentleman James in the 1967 Belmont Stakes.〔(Modesto Bee (California) - June 4, 1967 )〕
After thirty-two years, Jimmy Nichols retired from riding in 1979 and went to work as a steward at various racetracks including Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans, Waterford Park near Chester, West Virginia and finally at Trinity Meadows Race Track in Willow Park, Texas.
In 1993, Jimmy Nichols was inducted into the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame.〔(Fair Grounds Hall of Fame )〕 He suffered from kidney failure in 1995 and spent his last years working in the jockeys' room at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.
〔(James Nichols obituary at Bloodhorse.com February 27, 2003 )〕
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