Sam Boulmetis Sr., Hall of Fame New Jersey Rider, Dies at 94

Former Jockey and New Jersey State Steward Sam Boulmetis, Sr.in the Stewards Office at Monmouth Park Racetrack in Oceanport, NJ on June 11, 1995. Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO

RED BANK, N.J.—Sam Boulmetis Sr., a Hall of Fame jockey who won four Monmouth Park riding titles in the 1940s and ‘50s during a nearly 20-year career, has died. He was 94.

He died Sunday at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, his family said.