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Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Irwin Driedger died May 20 at 66 after a prolonged battle with cancer. The top rider at Assiniboia Downs for several years rode multiple Sovereign Award-winning horses and earned his own in 1981 for outstanding jockey. Source