Jockey Danny Wright's riding career coincided with one of the finest periods in Maryland racing, one that produced Hall of Famers Chris Antley, Kent Desormeaux, Chris McCarron, and Edgar Prado ...

Danny Wright was working at a laundromat on First Street in Brooklyn Park when a stranger with strong horse racing connections came in and changed his life.Wright, who lived off Church Street ...

Wright became a professional jockey in 1967 and spent three decades competing at various tracks in Maryland and nearby states. He retired from riding in 1993 at the age of 48 after having been ...