Andy Minder

{{Short description|American jockey}}

{{Infobox horseracing personality

| name = Andy Minder

| image = Pink Star with Jockey Andy Minder.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Andy Minder at the 1907 Kentucky Derby

| occupation = Jockey

| birth_date = c. 1860

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York

| death_date = May 5, 1943

| death_place = Detroit, Michigan

| height =

| weight =

| career winnings =

| career wins = 900+[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1940s/drf1943050701/drf1943050701_32_8#q=Minder#fq= Daily Racing Form - 1943-05-07]

| race =

| awards = Clipsetta Stakes (1902)
Detroit Stakes (1902)
Manhanset Stakes (1903)
Spring Stakes (1903)
Bluegrass Stakes (1904)
Decoration Handicap (1908)
Latonia Derby (1908)

American Classic Race win:
Kentucky Derby (1907)

| honors = Fort Erie Champion Jockey (1902)
Kenilworth Park Champion Jockey (1902)

| memorials =

| horses = Magistrate
Pink Star
Pinkola

| updated =

}}

Andrew Minder (c.1860 – May 5, 1943) was an American jockey. He rode the winning horse Pink Star in the 1907 Kentucky Derby for trainer William Fizer.{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/98052311/ |title=Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan · Page 20 |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=1943-05-06 |accessdate=2016-11-05}} A native of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, Minder became a jockey at 16 and rode for twenty years.[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50A12FE3E581B7B93C5A9178ED85F478485F9 The New York Times - May 7, 1943]

In 1902 Andy Minder was the leading rider at the Fort Erie Race Track[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1902072701/drf1902072701_5_3 Fort Erie Statistics, Daily Racing Form, 1902-07-27] as well as the Kenilworth Park Racetrack in Buffalo, New York.[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1902092301/drf1902092301_1_3 Buffalo Statistics, Daily Racing Form, 1902-09-23] Minder was aboard Her Letter when he won the 1902 Detroit Stakes at the Highland Park racecourse in Detroit.[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1902081001/drf1902081001_1_3 Highland Park Form Chart, Daily Racing Form, 1902-08-10] He also won the 1902 Clipsetta Stakes at Latonia Race Track and then in 1908 got his most important win at that track when he rode Pinkola to victory in the Latonia Derby.[https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1900s/drf1908061301/drf1908061301_1_16#q=Minder#fq= Daily Racing Form, 1908-06-13]

When his career as a jockey ended, Andy Minder remained active in racing and by 1936 he was the owner of horses competing at the Detroit racecourses. He died at age 62 in Detroit, Michigan where he had been living for the past 25 years.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PHcbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=i0wEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2226,5499366&dq=minder+jockey&hl=en Pittsburgh Press - May 6, 1943]