{{Short description|Indian jockey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox horse person | name = Karl Umrigar | image = | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | occupation = Jockey | discipline = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1960|10|4}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1979|05|3|1960|10|4}} | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | spouse = | major_wins = | lifetime_achievements = | honors = | memorials = | horses = | website = | module = }} '''Karl Umrigar''' (4 October 1960 – 3 May 1979)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/node/87627|title=Meher Baba's Avataric Period {{!}} Asian Tribune|website=www.asiantribune.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> born to a Parsi family, was a champion Indian jockey in the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/off-the-field/Jockey-DK-Ashish-dies-after-tragic-fall/articleshow/50277410.cms|title=Jockey DK Ashish dies after tragic fall - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> His family sponsors a Karl Umrigar Trophy every year in his memory.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/karl-umrigar-we-miss-you/77568|title=Karl Umrigar, we miss you|date=2010-04-08|work=mid-day|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref>
He is survived by his parents Jimmy and Nan Umrigar, his sister Tina who is married to champion Jockey and Horse Trainer Pesi Shroff.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.racingpulse.in/code/stpage.aspx?pgid=14825|title=C Rajendra provides fitting tribute for Karl Umrigar|last=Blue|first=True|date=28 Mar 2010|website=Racing Pulse|access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref> Karl became a famous Indian jockey at the age of 17.<ref>{{Cite web |last=link |first=Get |last2=Facebook |last3=X |last4=Pinterest |last5=Email |last6=Apps |first6=Other |date=2025-03-15 |title=Beyond his riding skill, Karl Umrigar was admired for his radiance, sportsmanship, and affability |url=https://www.counterview.in/2025/03/beyond-his-riding-skill-karl-umrigar.html |access-date=2025-06-11 |language=en}}</ref>
In the 1978-79 Mahalaxmi racing season, Karl Umrigar who rode 144 mounts that season with 54 winners, 33 seconds, 22 thirds and 17 fourths, only 18 of his rides failing to finish in the frame.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Top contenders for Umrigar Championship - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/Top-contenders-for-Umrigar-Championship/articleshow/7790807.cms|website=The Times of India|date=26 March 2011 |accessdate=22 May 2018}}</ref>
He met with a tragic accident on the racetrack when the horse Vasudha, threw him off her back.<ref name=":1" /> He slipped into coma at the Breach Candy hospital and died on 3 May 1979.<ref name=":0" />
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