Donald Miller Jr.

Donald Miller Jr.
Full nameDonald Andrew Miller Jr.
NicknameDonnie
OccupationJockey
Born (1963-06-11) 11 June 1963 (age 61)
Laurel, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Career winningsUS$37,000,000+
Career wins2,856
Major racing wins
Distaff Handicap (1982)
Barbara Fritchie Handicap (1982, 1984, 1985)
Longfellow Handicap (1982)
Long Look Handicap (1982)
Sapling Stakes (1983)
Gallorette Handicap (1984)
Monmouth Handicap (1984)
Woodlawn Stakes (1985, 1988)
Anne Arundel Handicap (1985)
Chrysanthemum Handicap (1986)
Betsy Ross Handicap (1987)
Riggs Handicap (1987, 1988)
Hempstead Handicap (1987)
Baltimore Budweiser Breeders' Cup Handicap (1988)
John B. Campbell Handicap (1989, 1990)
Ak-Sar-Ben Oaks (1992)

American Classics:
Preakness Stakes (1983)

Significant horses
Deputed Testamony

Donald "Donnie" Andrew Miller Jr. (born June 11, 1963) is a retired thoroughbred horse racing jockey who competed from the 1980s to mid 1990s. Miller started racing in the early 1980s and had the most wins as an apprentice jockey in 1981. As a jockey, Miller won twenty three graded stakes races from 1982 to 1992. Of his wins, Miller won the 1983 Preakness Stakes with Deputed Testamony as part of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

In Grade I races, Miller won the 1983 Sapling Stakes, 1984 Monmouth Handicap and the 1987 Hempstead Handicap. Apart from winning the 1982 Long Look Handicap as his sole Grade II win, Miller won the Barbara Fritchie Handicap four times during his eighteen wins as a Grade III racer. After retiring from horse racing in September 1996, Miller had received over US$37 million in prize winnings and had 2,856 race wins. After ending his horse racing career, Miller became a real estate agent. In 2012, The Baltimore Sun named Miller as one of the top 125 athletes of Maryland.