"Bill Shoemaker William Lee ""Bill"" Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. For 29 years he held the world record for total professional jockey victories. Referred to as ""Bill"", ""Willie,"" and ""The Shoe"", William Lee Shoemaker was born in the town of Fabens, Texas. At 38 ounces (1.1 kg), Shoemaker was so small at birth that he was not expected to survive the night. Put in a shoebox in the oven to stay warm, he survived, but remained small, growing to 4 feet 10 inches (1.47m) and weighing 91 pounds (41 kg). His diminutive size"
"Racing and Hall of Fame in 1967. Charles Kurtsinger Charles E. Kurtsinger (November 16, 1906 – September 24, 1946) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who won the Triple Crown in 1937. Known as ""Charley"" and nicknamed ""The Flying Dutchman"", Kurtsinger was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and learned race riding from his jockey father and from veteran rider Mack Garner. Among his career achievements, he won the 1931 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes aboard Twenty Grand and the Preakness Stakes in 1933 with Head Play. However, he is best known as the jockey of U.S. Triple Crown champion War"
"Don Meade Donald Lawrence ""Don"" Meade (December 12, 1913 – December 22, 1996) was an American jockey. Called the ""Bad Boy"" of the sport by Time magazine because of his numerous suspensions and fines, he is widely know to this day as a result of his win on Brokers Tip in the 1933 Kentucky Derby. Meade began riding ponies as a child and eventually horses at bush tracks and at county Fair races.In the summer of 1929 he rode horses for the mayor of his hometown who contacted a friend, trainer Sam Orr, who agreed to take Meade on as"
"seconds and 468 thirds, finishing in the money 46% of the time. George Woolf George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed ""The Iceman"", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding the people's champion Seabiscuit to victories in 1938. After his early death resulting from a racing accident, Woolf was inducted into newly founded honorary institutions: the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall"
"Roscoe Goose Roscoe Tarleton Goose (January 21, 1891 – June 11, 1971) was an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who was one of the inaugural class of inductees in the Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame. Born near Louisville, Kentucky, Roscoe Goose won a number of races, the most important of which came in 1913 when he captured the Kentucky Derby with the colt, Donerail. Sent off at 91:1 odds, Roscoe Goose stunned racing fans with a win that returned backers $184.90 for a $2 wager, a Derby record which still stands. Dubbed ""The Golden Goose"", when his career as"
"Charles Kurtsinger Charles E. Kurtsinger (November 16, 1906 – September 24, 1946) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who won the Triple Crown in 1937. Known as ""Charley"" and nicknamed ""The Flying Dutchman"", Kurtsinger was born in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, and learned race riding from his jockey father and from veteran rider Mack Garner. Among his career achievements, he won the 1931 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes aboard Twenty Grand and the Preakness Stakes in 1933 with Head Play. However, he is best known as the jockey of U.S. Triple Crown champion War Admiral. In 1931 and 1937, Kurtsinger was"
"George Woolf George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed ""The Iceman"", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding the people's champion Seabiscuit to victories in 1938. After his early death resulting from a racing accident, Woolf was inducted into newly founded honorary institutions: the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Woolf was born on a ranch in Cardston, Alberta to"
"Hall of Fame. In ""The Blood-Horse"" ranking of the top 100 thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Omaha was ranked #61. Omaha (horse) Omaha (March 24, 1932 – April 24, 1959) was a United States Thoroughbred horse racing champion. In a racing career which lasted from 1934 through 1936, he ran twenty-two times and won nine races. He had his greatest success as a three-year-old in 1935, when he won the Triple Crown. As a four-year-old, he had success running in England, where he narrowly lost the Ascot Gold Cup. Foaled at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, Omaha was a"
"Nick Shuk Nicholas ""Nick"" Shuk (September 30, 1930 - October 1983) was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in 1948 as a contract rider for Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. In the 1950s, Shuk won the Maryland jockey title seven times and was the leading jockey at Delaware Park Racetrack three times. He handled such stars as Art Rooney's Little Harp, Brazen Brat, Cida, Tuscany, and Singing Beauty. Shuk rode Laffango, one of the top two-year-olds of 1952. Shuk rode in the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes"
"Orwell (horse) Orwell (1929–1948), also known as the Golden Hair Colt, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1931 to September 1932 he ran eleven times and won eight races. He was the leading British two-year-old of his generation, winning five successive races in 1931 including the Champagne Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes. During this season he was one of the last notable racehorses to race without being officially named. The following year he won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket but was beaten when starting favourite for both The Derby and the"
"Eddie Arcaro George Edward Arcaro (February 19, 1916 – November 14, 1997), known professionally as Eddie Arcaro, was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American classic races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice. He is widely regarded as the greatest jockey in the history of American Thoroughbred horse racing. Arcaro was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of an impoverished taxi driver. His parents, Pasquale and Josephine, were Italian immigrants and his father held a number of jobs, including taxi driver"
"William the Third (horse) William the Third (1898–1917) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After finishing unplaced on his only race as a two-year-old in 1900, he won five times in 1901 as well as finishing second in The Derby. He reached his peak as a four-year-old, winning five consecutive races including the Ascot Gold Cup, Queen Alexandra Stakes and Doncaster Cup. His career was ended by injury in early 1903 and he was retired to stud, where he had considerable success as a sire of winners. William the Third was a bay horse with a narrow white blaze"
"races and scored 47 victories. In 1983, he succumbed to cancer after winning 2,668 races in his career. He was living in Laurel, Maryland at the time of his passing in 1983. In 2001, John M. Toothman published his biography title ""The Reinsman: The Nick Shuk Story"". () Nick Shuk Nicholas ""Nick"" Shuk (September 30, 1930 - October 1983) was an American jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began his career in 1948 as a contract rider for Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. In the 1950s, Shuk won the Maryland jockey title seven times and was"
"with Shoemaker for US$1,000,000. Shoemaker authored three murder mysteries. They were often compared to the large stable of best-selling horse mysteries by fellow jockey/author Dick Francis. Shoemaker's ""Stalking Horse"" (1994), ""Fire Horse"" (1995), and ""Dark Horse"" (1996) all featured jockey-turned-sleuth Coley Killebrew using his racetrack experience in and about his restaurant and the horse world. Shoemaker was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958. He was immortalized as part of a series of portraits by Andy Warhol in the mid-1970s. Bill Shoemaker William Lee ""Bill"" Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was"
"race at 18 in the Victoria Derby in 1910 with Beverage. Pike died in poverty on 7 October 1969, aged 77, at his home in Bondi. In the 1983 feature film ""Phar Lap"", Pike was played by Australian actor James Steele. In 2002, Pike was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. James E. Pike James Edward Pike (4 September 1892 − 7 October 1969) nicknamed ""The Master"", was an Australian jockey who was known for riding Phar Lap to victory in the 1930 Melbourne Cup. Pike was born on 4 September 1892 in Newcastle, New South Wales., eldest"
"Leon Haas Leon ""Buddy"" Haas (December 27, 1915 - April 19, 1982) was a jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who in 1941 was reported to be earning the highest salary of any jockey in the United States. Widely known as ""Buddy"", Leon Hass began riding in 1931 mainly at smaller tracks until his career got a boost on August 28, 1933 when he rode six winners on a single racecard at Thistledown Racecourse in Cleveland, Ohio, five of which were consecutive. During his career Buddy Haas rode in the Kentucky Derby four times with his best result a third in"
"Willie Saunders William ""Willie/Smokey"" Saunders (April 13, 1915 – July 30, 1986) was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is one of ten jockeys to win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Saunders was known as ""Willie"" but the news media frequently refers to him as ""Smokey/Smoky."" Saunders earned his first win at Tanforan Racetrack in northern California on April 14, 1932. Competing at tracks in southern California, Alberta-born U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey George Woolf tutored Saunders on riding. During his career, Saunders rode for prominent owners such as"
"the Fighting Finish taken by a photographer for the ""Louisville Courier-Journal"" is one of the most widely recognzed in Throughbred racing. Don Meade died on December 22, 1996, in Hollywood, Florida at age 83. Don Meade Donald Lawrence ""Don"" Meade (December 12, 1913 – December 22, 1996) was an American jockey. Called the ""Bad Boy"" of the sport by Time magazine because of his numerous suspensions and fines, he is widely know to this day as a result of his win on Brokers Tip in the 1933 Kentucky Derby. Meade began riding ponies as a child and eventually horses at"
"Fame. Carroll H. Shilling Carroll Hugh ""Cal"" Shilling (1885–1950) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. In his 1926 autobiography, """"The Spell of the Turf"","" Hall of Fame trainer Sam Hildreth wrote that Shilling was the greatest rider he ever saw. A native of Texas, Carroll Shilling was frequently referred to as ""Cal."" He began riding at an early age on bush tracks in the Southwestern United States and embarked on a professional riding career in 1904. The following year he moved to compete at racetracks in the New York and New Jersey areas. In 1910, he"
"February 1917. Five years later he was Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland. William the Third (horse) William the Third (1898–1917) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. After finishing unplaced on his only race as a two-year-old in 1900, he won five times in 1901 as well as finishing second in The Derby. He reached his peak as a four-year-old, winning five consecutive races including the Ascot Gold Cup, Queen Alexandra Stakes and Doncaster Cup. His career was ended by injury in early 1903 and he was retired to stud, where he had considerable success as a"
"by Selva, the Forest, with 18, and Drago, the Dragon, with 17. Among jockeys, the most victorious of all time is Andrea Degortes, nicknamed ""Aceto"" ('Vinegar'), with 14 wins (from 1964 to 1996). Angelo Meloni, nicknamed ""Picino"" (active from 1897 to 1933) has the second in the number of wins with 13 successes, and Luigi Bruschelli, nicknamed ""Trecciolino"" (still active), has the third most of 12 wins (although he claims 13 victories, his horse won without him one year). The most successful horses were Folco and Panezio with eight wins each, followed by Topolone with seven. In recent history (from"
"the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Linwell and the Champion Hurdler Distel. Orwell (horse) Orwell (1929–1948), also known as the Golden Hair Colt, was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a career that lasted from June 1931 to September 1932 he ran eleven times and won eight races. He was the leading British two-year-old of his generation, winning five successive races in 1931 including the Champagne Stakes and the Middle Park Stakes. During this season he was one of the last notable racehorses to race without being officially named. The following year he won the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket but"
"Ron Turcotte Ronald Joseph Morel ""Ronnie"" Turcotte, (born July 22, 1941) is a retired Canadian thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973. Turcotte began his career in Toronto as a hot walker for E. P. Taylor's Windfields Farm in 1959, but he was soon wearing the silks and winning races. As an apprentice jockey he rode Windfields' Northern Dancer to his first victory. He gained prominence with his victory aboard Tom Rolfe in the 1965 Preakness Stakes. Turcotte soon started working with Canadian trainer Lucien Laurin at the"
"Skeets Martin John Henry Martin (1875–1944), commonly referred to as ""Skeets"" Martin, was an American jockey who achieved many racing wins in the United States and the United Kingdom during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His most notable race wins were the 1902 Epsom Derby on Ard Patrick and the 1903 2,000 Guineas on Rock Sand. Martin's technique was often at odds with racing authority rules, his license being suspended several times, and his early career was marred by allegations of cheating and underhanded gambling practices. Martin was born on January 25, 1875 in Titusville, Pennsylvania. His family"
"""Jackie"" (1928-1956). In 1925, El Monte Union High School adopted ""The Lions"" name for its teams, and the Gays provided a lion mascot for big games. The famous live lion farm was closed temporarily due to wartime meat shortages. It never reopened, but a life-sized memorial statue can be seen next to I-10 on the SE corner of Valley Boulevard and Peck Road. The original lion statue, commissioned for the Farm, stands in front of nearby El Monte High School. Horse racing's most famous jockey, Willie Shoemaker, was a resident and attended El Monte High School, until he dropped out"
"Nijinsky (horse) Nijinsky (21 February 1967 – 15 April 1992), usually known in the United States as Nijinsky II, was a Canadian-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was the outstanding two-year-old in Europe in 1969 when he was unbeaten in five races. In the following season, he became the first horse for thirty-five years to win the English Triple Crown. He is regarded by many experts to have been the greatest flat racehorse in Europe during the 20th century. He was also historically important for establishing the international reputation of his sire Northern Dancer, though Nijinsky was atypical of"
"Zaccio Zaccio (foaled March 26, 1976-died September 19, 2007) is a deceased racehorse best known for winning champion steeplechaser 3 times from 1980-1982 and being inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. Zaccio was a bright chestnut with a blaze. His sire was able to beat Ninjinsky II. Who was the last horse to win the English Triple Crown. His mother descends from the legendary Native Dancer.Who has contributed to loads of other champions. Also he won the Preakness and the Belmont. Starting his career Zaccio ran 9 times as a jumper and won 6 of"
"The Baron (horse) The Baron (foaled 1842) was a Thoroughbred racehorse from Ireland, who also raced in England. Sired by Birdcatcher out of Echidna (by the English stallion Economist), he was also an influential sire in England, France and Australia. A dark chestnut colt with a star, snip, and white sock on his near (left) hind leg, The Baron won three of his four starts at the Curragh in Ireland as a three-year-old before being shipped to England in 1845 by his breeder, veterinary surgeon George Watts. He was then sold to John Scott with whom he won the 1¾-mile"
"Wayne D. Wright Wayne Danforth Wright (August 21, 1916 - March 11, 2003) was an American Hall of Fame and National Champion Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who won all three of the Triple Crown races in different years. Wayne Wright began riding in his small town of Rexburg, Idaho and by age ten was riding in area fairground races. He began his professional career at age fourteen at a racetrack in Reno, Nevada where he got his first win on July 15, 1931. Soon his skills saw him move to the race with the best on the New York State"
"Fred Archer (jockey) Frederick James Archer (11 January 1857 – 8 November 1886), also known by the nickname The Tin Man, was an English flat race jockey of the Victorian era, described as ""the best all-round jockey that the turf has ever seen"". He was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years until 1886, riding 2,748 winners from 8,084 starts, in so doing setting records for the number of Champion Jockey titles (13), number of wins in a season (246) and number of race wins (2748) which remained unthreatened until the arrival of Steve Donoghue and Sir Gordon Richards well into"
"= Bay, br. = Brown, ch. = Chestnut"" Ormonde (horse) Ormonde (1883–1904) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse who won the English Triple Crown in 1886 and retired undefeated. He also won the St. James's Palace Stakes, Champion Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes twice. At the time he was often labelled as the 'horse of the century'. Ormonde was trained at Kingsclere by John Porter for the 1st Duke of Westminster. His regular jockeys were Fred Archer and Tom Cannon. After retiring from racing he suffered fertility problems, but still sired Orme, who won the Eclipse Stakes twice. Ormonde was a"
"James G. Rowe Sr. James Gordon Rowe Sr. (1857 – August 2, 1929) was an American jockey and horse trainer elected to the Hall of Fame for Thoroughbred Horse racing. He won the Belmont Stakes twice as a jockey and 8 times as a trainer. He had 34 champion horses to his credit, more than any other trainer in the Hall of Fame. Rowe was born in the environs of Richmond, Virginia, and went to work at a racetrack as a boy of 10 years old. He went from an apprentice rider to being considered the leading jockey in the"
"light grey horse over Newmarket Heath. Great Britain Fred Archer (jockey) Frederick James Archer (11 January 1857 – 8 November 1886), also known by the nickname The Tin Man, was an English flat race jockey of the Victorian era, described as ""the best all-round jockey that the turf has ever seen"". He was Champion Jockey for 13 consecutive years until 1886, riding 2,748 winners from 8,084 starts, in so doing setting records for the number of Champion Jockey titles (13), number of wins in a season (246) and number of race wins (2748) which remained unthreatened until the arrival of"