George Gubbins is a retired Canadian jockey

Jockey

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. He began his professional riding career in 1953 in Toronto

Toronto

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 where he competed 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

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...

 until 1974, with several years missed due to accidents. In addition he competed at Fort Erie Racetrack and at Blue Bonnets Raceway

Hippodrome de Montréal

Blue Bonnets Raceway was a horse racing track and casino in Montreal, Canada. After 137 years of operation, it closed in October 2009.-History:...

 in Montreal

Montreal

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 where he won a riding title in 1961. Gubbins also raced at Waterford Park in Chester, West Virginia

Chester, West Virginia

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 and various other tracks in the United States.

After his retirement as a jockey, George Gubbins eventually became a clocker at California

California

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