In his first year with Cain Hoy Stable, Ycaza won the 1959
Washington, D.C. International aboard
Bald Eagle then came back the following year to become the only back-to-back winner in the history of the prestigious international race. In the
American Classic Races, Ycaza was second aboard
Ridan in the 1962
Preakness Stakes, and in 1963 earned a second-place finish on
Never Bend in the
Kentucky Derby. Hired by prominent
Canadian owner/breeder
E. P. Taylor to ride for his
Windfields Farm in the 1963
Queen's Plate, Ycaza won Canada's most prestigious race aboard the colt,
Canebora. A year later, he ended E. P. Taylor's bid for the
U.S. Triple Crown when he rode
Quadrangle to victory in the 1964
Belmont Stakes over Derby and Preakness winner,
Northern Dancer. In 1968 Manuel Ycaza rode
Dark Mirage to the first ever
Filly Triple Crown when they won the
Acorn Stakes,
Mother Goose Stakes and the
Coaching Club American Oaks. In 1971, injuries forced him into an early retirement but in 1983 he returned to competition, retiring for good the following year. During his career, Manuel Ycaza rode some of the great Thoroughbreds in American racing history and was a winner of 2,367 races with a 22.4 winning percentage. He was inducted in the
National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1977. ==Personal life and death==