Mack Garner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1898
Place of Birth: Centerville, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 14-Oct-1936
Profession: jockey
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Mack Garner
- Andrew Mack Garner (December 23, 1898 – October 28, 1936) was an American National Champion jockey who won the 1934 Kentucky Derby as well as the 1929 and 1933 Belmont Stakes.
- He was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1969.Brothers Guy, Harry and Wayne were all jockeys as was their sister's son William Garner Rinehart who rode under the name Willie Garner.Mack Garner made his professional racing debut on July 16, 1914 at a Butte, Montana racetrack.
- Just one year later in 1915 he won more races and more prize money than any jockey in the United States.
- In 1929, he again led all jockeys in earnings with $314,975.Mack Garner was just 37-years-old when he died on October 28, 1936 from a blood clot of the heart at St.
- Elizabeth Hospital in Covington, Kentucky after competing earlier in the day at River Downs racetrack near Cincinnati, Ohio.
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