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- Willie Shoemaker
Short profile of history's most successful jockey
- Interview with Willie Shoemaker
Shoemaker discusses his paralysis as a result of an auto accident
- Red Smith on Willie Shoemaker
ESPN excerpts some commentary on Willie's career
- Blood Horse
Online racing 'zine for ardent fans
Willie Shoemaker Biography
Willie Shoemaker won his first horse race when he was 17. He went on to become the most successful jockey in history, winning the Kentucky Derby four times, the Belmont Stakes five times and the Preakness twice. In 1986, at the age of 54, he became the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. He retired as a jockey in 1990. Despite an auto accident in 1991 that left him partially paralyzed, Shoemaker worked as a horse trainer until his retirement in 1997.
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