A DEAD JOCKEY AND THE SWEET KISS OF DEATH #MindOfMarlar

Published: June 4, 2024, midnight

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It\\u2019s a story that could easily have found itself written into a television sitcom \\u2013 had television existed at the time. But it would be equally appropriate for a story in a horror comic\\u2026 yet those had not yet come into existence either.At New York\\u2019s Belmont Park on June 4th, 1923, Frank Hayes secured his place in history as the only jockey to have ever won an official horse race posthumously. For those who graduated from public high school, posthumously means he did so while being dead. Apparently Hayes suffered a fatal heart attack during the race, but he stayed on top of the horse right through to the finish\\u2026 of the race, that is. \\xa0And, well\\u2026 through to his own finish too...'