David "Dave" Penna was an American

United States

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 jockey

Jockey

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 in Thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

 who competed in the United States but had his gretest successes in Canada

Canada

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. Born in Auburn, New York

Auburn, New York

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, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518652711.html?dids=518652711:518652711&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+30%2C+1993&author=Rick+Fraser+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Penna+likes+prospects+in+Whimsical&pqatl=google he began his career as a professional rider in 1978 and three years later went to compete at Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack

Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day...

 in Toronto

Toronto

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. In a career that spanned nineteen years, from 12,527 mounts he had 1,772 winners which earned purses totaling more than $39.5 million. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2004/January/16/Former-jockey-trainer-Penna-dies-in-Canada.aspx Two of his most notable wins came in Canada's Triple Crown

Canadian Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

The Canadian Triple Crown is a series of three Thoroughbred horse races run annually in Canada which is open to three-year-old horses foaled in Canada...

 races.

One of the top riders in the 1980s and very popular with the Woodbine fans, http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/518652711.html?dids=518652711:518652711&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+30%2C+1993&author=Rick+Fraser+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Penna+likes+prospects+in+Whimsical&pqatl=google Dave Penna rode primarily in Ontario

Ontario

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 at the Fort Erie Racetrack, and at Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway

Greenwood Raceway is a defunct horse racing facility in Toronto.Inaugurated in 1874 as Woodbine Race Course at the foot of Woodbine Avenue and Lake Ontario, it was owned and operated by two gentlemen named Pardee and Howell. Within a few years financial problems resulted in the property reverting...

 and Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto

Toronto

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. In the 1990s, he began riding more frequently in the United States

United States

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 where he won important Graded stakes race

Graded stakes race

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s at Keeneland Race Course in Kentucky

Kentucky

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, Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park

Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino is a racetrack and county-approved racino in Hallandale Beach, Florida, in the United States. During its annual meet, which spans December through April, it is one of the most important venues for horse racing in America....

 in Florida

Florida

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. In 1995 at Monmouth Park in New Jersey

New Jersey

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 he won his last Grade I race, the Philip H. Iselin Handicap

Philip H. Iselin Handicap

The Philip H. Iselin Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey. Open to horses three years of age and older, the race was first run in 1884...

. A racing accident resulted in an injury that forced Penna to retire in 1996 and for a short time he turned to training horses at Gulfstream Park.

In 2004, Dave Penna died at age 46 in Saanich, British Columbia

Saanich, British Columbia

The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province...

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