Sam Boulmetis Sr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American jockey
Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1927
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Profession: jockey
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Sam Boulmetis Sr.
- Samuel A.
- Boulmetis Sr.
- (born February 17, 1927 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a retired American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1973.
- The Hall's induction biography says that "His peers described him as an honest and intelligent rider, qualities he later demonstrated as a racing official and state steward for New Jersey." Born in Baltimore, the son of a Greek tailor, Sam Boulmetis began his involvement in the horse racing industry as a stable hand at Laurel Park Racecourse in Laurel, Maryland.
- He began riding professionally in late 1948 and earned his first win in 1949 at Garden State Park then went on to win that year's riding championship at Monmouth Park Racetrack.
- He repeated as the leading jockey at Monmouth Park in 1953, 1955, and 1956. The winner of numerous important races, Boulmetis won the Arlington Classic twice and the prestigious Washington, D.C.
- International Stakes and Canadian International Stakes, forerunners to the Breeders' Cup races which drew the best horses to the United States and Canada from around the world.
- For owner Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, he rode Fisherman in the 1956 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris, France.
- Among the other notable horses he rode was Hall of Fame inductee Tosmah with whom he won seven stakes races.
- In the 1955 Massachusetts Handicap, Boulmetis rode Helioscope to a track record time of 2:01 for 1¼ miles on dirt.
- As of 2008 that record still stands. Throughout his career Sam Boulmetis raced primarily at tracks on the East Coast of the United States.
- He retired from riding after the 1966 season and in 1969 was appointed a steward at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, New Jersey.
- He retired in 2004 from his duties as a racing official and state steward for the State of New Jersey. His son, Sam Boulmetis Jr., followed in his footsteps, becoming a professional jockey in 1973 and riding until 1981 when a racing accident left him paralyzed from the waist down.
- Sam Jr.
- is now a steward at Philadelphia Park Racetrack. Sam Boulmetis' nephew is jockey Tony Black.
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