“I've had a passion for horses since I was very young - I used to sit on the floor in front of the races on television and pretend to be a jockey - and I first began reading the racing form on the set of 'The Partridge Family.'”

American actor and musician

David Cassidy was an American actor and musician. Born in 1950, he became widely known in the 1970s as Keith Partridge on the musical sitcom The Partridge Family. He died in 2017. He was also an international solo singer, with a career that reached far beyond his television fame. At one point, he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world, and his work linked popular music and television stardom.