here is no way to explain this magic that Cauthen has with horses. He is a natural athlete, of course. He has the necessary instincts. He senses pace: the clock in his head. Reflexively, he stays out of trouble. Joe Hirsch, columnist for the Daily Racing Form, who has seen the boy ride a thousand or more races, swears he has never once seen him make a mistake. Never. Photograph by Anthony Edgeworth Text by Frank Deford In 1977, Steve Cauthen broke the New York riding record for wins in a year, exceeded the earnings record by 27%, won two Eclipse awards and rode six winning horses in nine races three separate times. In 1979, he became the youngest jockey to win the Triple Crown. He retired from racing in 1993 after breaking his neck after falling from a horse. Cauthen is now 36 and owns a 300-acre horse farm in Kentucky where he is developing a breeding operation.
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