Ted Rice

{{Short description|American jockey}}

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| name = Ted Rice

| image = Paul Jones (horse) with Jockey Ted Rice.jpg

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| caption = Ted Rice at the 1920 Kentucky Derby

| occupation = Jockey

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| death_date = October 6, 1923

| death_place = Jamaica, Queens, New York

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| race = Latonia Derby (1909, 1911)
Louisville Handicap (1911)
Blue Bonnets Breeders Stakes (1916)
Durham Cup Stakes (1916)
Ontario Jockey Club Cup (1916)
Windsor Hotel Cup Handicap (1917)
Bouquet Selling Stakes (1919)
Nursery Handicap (1919)
Paumonok Handicap (1920)
Whirl Stakes (1920)
Excelsior Handicap (1921)
Susquehanna Handicap (1921)
Maryland Handicap (1921)
Pimlico Nursery Stakes (1921)
Spring Juvenile Stakes (1921)
Youthful Stakes (1921)

Canadian Classic Race wins:
Breeders' Stakes (1915)

American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1920)

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| horses = Paul Jones, Lord Baltimore, Hermis

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Ted R. Rice was an American jockey. He rode the winning horse Paul Jones in the 1920 Kentucky Derby. Rice received a $5,000 bonus from owner Capt. Ral Parr for winning the race.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MBFeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BGANAAAAIBAJ&pg=4396,3587453&dq=ted+rice+jockey&hl=en Dubuque, Iowa Telegraph-Journal, May 16, 1920]

Ted Rice died after a fall from a horse on October 6, 1923.{{cite web|url=https://drf.uky.edu/catalog/1920s/drf1923100901/drf1923100901_1_5 |title=Jockey Ted Rice Killed: Succumbs to Concussion of Brain after Fall at Jamaica Saturday When Mckee Smashed Fence [article] - Page [1], Daily Racing Form, 1923-10-09 |publisher=Drf.uky.edu |date=1923-10-09 |accessdate=2016-11-05}} To add to the tragedy, his mother was in the stands.[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F16FF3C5D15738DDDAE0894D8415B838EF1D3 New York Times, October 7, 1923] Retrieved August 4, 2018