Menotti Aristone Explained

Menotti Aristone
Birth Date:	February 19, 1942
Birth Place:	Camden, New Jersey
Death Date:	February 26, 2013 (aged 71)
Death Place:	Shamong, New Jersey
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	jockey

Menotti John Aristone (February 19, 1942 – February 26, 2013)^[1] was an American jockey who raced in the 1975 Kentucky Derby on his horse Bombay Duck. He was leading by three lengths when someone in the infield threw a flying disc over his head. That caused the horse to shy back and then someone else in the infield threw a can of beer at the horse, hitting him in the hipbone, causing Aristone to throw in the towel.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Menotti John Aristone Sr.. Legacy.com. August 6, 2020.
2. Web site: Great Redeemer, last in the '79 Kentucky Derby, is now a - 05.06.91 - SI Vault . sportsillustrated.cnn.com . 2 February 2022 . https://archive.today/20120719005412/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1140725/2/index.htm . 19 July 2012 . dead.
3. Web site: Archives - Philly.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20150921141639/http://articles.philly.com/2004-04-30/sports/25364053_1_bottled-water-biggest-horse-race-liberty-bell-park . dead . September 21, 2015 . Articles.philly.com . 2017-07-21.