Donald R. Pettinger

{{Short description|American jockey}}

{{Infobox horseracing personality

|name = Don Pettinger

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|occupation = Jockey

|birth_place = Lamar, Colorado, U.S.

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|21}}

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|career wins = 3,388

|race = Hanshin Cup Handicap (1984)
Arlington Classic (1989)
Remington Park Derby (1989)
Martha Washington Stakes (1991)
Arlington Matron Stakes (1996)
Modesty Handicap (1996, 2004)
Oaklawn Breeders' Cup Stakes (1996, 2003)
Round Table Stakes (1996, 2004)
Count Fleet Sprint Handicap (1998)
Essex Handicap (2001)
Razorback Breeders' Cup Handicap
(2001, 2002)
Fantasy Stakes (2002)
Honeybee Stakes (2002, 2003, 2004)
Valley View Stakes (2002)
WinStar Galaxy Stakes (2003)

|awards =

|honours = Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2011)

|horses = Clever Trevor, Bien Nicole, Valid Expectations, Mr. Ross, Bedanken

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Donald Ray Pettinger (born December 21, 1961, in Lamar, Colorado) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred flat horse racing.[http://files.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=1828 Don Pettinger at the NTRA] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903073125/http://files.ntra.com/stats_bios.aspx?id=1828 |date=September 3, 2014 }} Retrieved April 1, 2008.

He is the winner of a number of stakes races, including the 1989 Arlington Classic at Chicago's Arlington Park and the 2002 Valley View Stakes and the 2003 WinStar Galaxy Stakes at Keeneland Race Course.

In 2011, Donald Pettinger was inducted into the Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame.{{cite press release |url=http://www.remingtonpark.com/Report.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/storydetail.aspx |title=Remington Park press release |date=September 27, 2011 |accessdate=May 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510051446/http://www.remingtonpark.com/Report.aspx?aspxerrorpath=%2Fstorydetail.aspx |archivedate=May 10, 2012 }}