Stakes-Winning Jockey Ernst Dies at 84
Stakes-winning jockey Philip Ernst, a mainstay on the old New England circuit for five decades, died peacefully in his Derry, N.H., home March 22 surrounded by his family. Ernst, 84, had battled leukemia for the past several years. Ernst was raised in Covington, Ky., and aspired to be a jockey from a young age. He…