Barbara Livingston/Jim Raftery Collection
Walter Blum, in a photo dated 1957, retired as the fifth-leading rider all time by wins, with 4,382 victories.
Walter Blum, the Hall of Fame jockey who posted a prodigious number of wins before retiring from the saddle and serving for decades as a steward in Florida, died early Thursday in Hallandale Beach, Fla., of complications of lung disease, according to family members. Blum was 89.
Blum, who was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1987, led the United States in wins in both 1963 and 1964. He rode primarily in New York and New Jersey, though he traveled out-of-state for high-profile rides.