Bill Shoemaker

William Lee Shoemaker ( born August 19, 1931 in Fabens, Texas, † 12 October 2003) was an American jockey. He was one of the most successful jockeys of all time and was also "Bill", " Willie " or " The Shoe " called.

Shoemaker was at his birth with 1,250 grams so easy that only small chances of survival were given to him. He survived, but remained as many small and low-weight babies weighed later at a height of 1.50 meters, about 43 kilograms. However, this body dimensions predestined him to jockey.

His career began as a teenager when he played his first professional race on March 19, 1949. The first of his total of 8,833 victories during his career came a month later, on April 20, 1949 " Shafter V".

1951 Shoemaker won the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award and received 30 years later the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey in the United States. In 1958 he was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the American equestrianism.

Shoemaker won eleven Triple Crown races during his career.

Credentials

  • Bill Shoemaker and Barney Nagler: Shoemaker. Doubleday, 1988, ISBN 0-385-23945-9
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