Archive photo of the day
Eddie Arcaro in Tokyo, 1961
Stars and Stripes
April 3, 2022
Tokyo, December 1961: Five-time Kentucky Derby winner Eddie Arcaro, riding Unebihikari, heads for the starting line for an exhibition race at the Nakayama Race Track near Tokyo. Arcaro, who amassed career winnings in excess of $30 million, was on his way Down Under for the Australian International Stakes. He called the Nakayama track “one of the finest I’ve seen.”