Blum won more than 4,000 races in a 22-year career, but his most famous ride was the 1971 Belmont Stakes, when he rode 34-1 long shot Pass Catcher to an upset victory. (JTA) — Jockey Walter ...

Hall of Fame jockey Walter Blum, whose victory aboard Pass Catcher in the 1971 Belmont Stakes ended the improbable Triple Crown bid of Canonero II, died on March 14 in Hallandale Beach ...

Walter Blum was one of a kind in many ways ... 1986 and the next year into racing’s Hall of Fame as the only Jewish jockey. Nicknamed “Mousie,” he won the 1964 George Woofe Memorial Jockey ...