• 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...
    12 KB (1,179 words) - 04:53, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fabens, Texas
    the CDP area are 79836 and 79838. Fabens is the birthplace of jockey Bill Shoemaker. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area...
    14 KB (1,194 words) - 14:00, 13 July 2024
  • wins: 3 – Game On Dude (2011, 2013, 2014) Most wins by a jockey: 11 – Bill Shoemaker (1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1982, 1985) Most...
    21 KB (445 words) - 01:11, 16 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kentucky Derby
    each year. New York sports columnist and future Churchill Downs president Bill Corum in 1925 began describing the race thusly, but the tradition originated...
    112 KB (6,616 words) - 15:52, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ford Bronco II
    Individual lawsuit examples include famed jockey Bill Shoemaker, that awarded him one million dollars. Shoemaker was paralyzed from the neck down after rolling...
    17 KB (1,769 words) - 04:04, 14 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Belmont Stakes
    Cordero Jr. Laz Barrera E. Rodriguez Tizol Fast 2:29.00 1975 Avatar Bill Shoemaker Tommy Doyle Arthur A. Seeligson Jr. Fast 2:28.20 1974 Little Current...
    86 KB (6,529 words) - 02:46, 5 October 2024
  • Bernardino County Sun. 28 October 1985. p. 19. Retrieved 5 September 2020. "Shoemaker rides Lord at War to Win (1984 Goodwood Handicap - race 8: held 4 November...
    29 KB (1,306 words) - 07:34, 30 September 2024
  • 18th century Bill Shoemaker (1931–2003), American jockey Carolyn S. Shoemaker (1929–2021), astronomer and co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Charles...
    2 KB (315 words) - 04:37, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hollywood Park Racetrack
    the area or to the horses' breeding grounds. The statue of Swaps and Bill Shoemaker that stood at the clubhouse entrance gardens was placed into storage...
    24 KB (2,767 words) - 05:44, 20 August 2024
  • Stevens D. Wayne Lukas Eugene V. Klein 1+1⁄8 1:47.80 I 1987 Temperate Sil Bill Shoemaker Charlie Whittingham Frankfurt Stables & Charlie Whittingham 1+1⁄8 1:49...
    23 KB (610 words) - 04:25, 23 August 2024