Hot Springs in Garland County, Arkansas — The American South (West South Central)
Larry Snyder
Thoroughbred Racing
| | Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame | |
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 2024
1. Larry Snyder Marker
Sixth leading jockey in North America with more than 8,200 wins Led nation in wins in 1969 with 352 Won 1989 Arkansas Derby on Dansil Eight times Oakland Park leading rider
Hot Springs, Arkansas Inducted 2001
Erected by Hot Springs Arkansas Walk of Fame.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1969.
Location. 34° 30.649′ N, 93° 3.232′ W. Marker is in Hot Springs, Arkansas, in Garland County. It is on Central Avenue (State Highway 7) just north of Spring Street, on the right when traveling north. The marker is embedded in the sidewalk on the north side of the Hot Springs City Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 629 Central Avenue, Hot Springs National Park AR 71901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Arkansas’ Ouachita Mountains. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Matthew H. Rothert (here, next to this marker); Dick Powell (here, next to this marker); Billy Lee Riley (here, next to this marker); Sidney Moncrief (here, next to this marker); Don Grisham (here, next to this marker); Forrest L. Wood (here, next to this marker); Bill Dickey (here, next to this marker); Brooks Robinson (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hot Springs.
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Excerpt: Larry Lloyd Snyder (June 29, 1942 October 29, 2018) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey whose career spanned thirty-five years from 1960 to 1994. In the early 1960s he began competing at Oaklawn Park Race Track in Hot Springs, Arkansas where he would win eight riding titles. Beginning in 1964, he also rode at Arlington Park in Chicago where he won the riding title in 1974 and 1976, then at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, Louisiana he won six riding titles between 1981 and 1986.(Submitted on January 17, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)In 1969 Snyder won 352 races, more than any other jockey in the United States that year. On April 1, 1969, Snyder won six races on a single card at Oaklawn Park, the first jockey to ever do so at that racetrack. Among his notable wins were victories in the 1983 Rebel Stakes aboard that year's Kentucky Derby winner, Sunny's Halo, as well as the 1989 Arkansas Derby on Dansil whom he would ride to a fourth-place finish in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
Snyder's last full season of riding was in 1994. He retired with career earnings of $47,207,289 and 6,388 victories which ranked him in the top ten in career wins among American jockeys. While still an active rider, in 1988 Larry Snyder was inducted in the
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame and in retirement, in 2001 was honored on the Arkansas Walk of Fame in Hot Springs. He was nominated for induction in 2006 in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was inducted into the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame.Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, September 14, 20242. Larry Snyder MarkerLooking east from Central Avenue; it is the rightmost of four markers in this photo. The Hot Springs City Visitor Center parking lot is in the background.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 130 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 17, 2025, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
