To continue my look at well-known El Pasoans, this week I'll look at jockey Willie Shoemaker. He was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Fabens. At the time of his birth he weighed 2 1/2 pounds, and the doctor ...

the notation “Jockey: W. Shoemaker” opposite a horse’s name is often enough to send it off the favorite. That is just what happened this month when Willie announced that he would ride the ...

William Lee Shoemaker, jockey: born Fabens ... at the appropriately named Golden Gate Fields racetrack in California, Willie Shoemaker signed off an unparalleled stint on horseback on 3 February ...

Aboard a lackluster hayburner named Strathnaver, Jockey Willie Shoemaker was having traffic troubles, too. Bottled up in the backstretch, he slipped his mount through a narrow gap on the rail ...

Legendary jockey Willie Shoemaker born in Fabens Jockey Willie Shoemaker retired from horse racing on Feb. 3, 1990. Shoemaker was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Fabens and died of natural causes Oct ...

(AP) -- Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker ... listening to a pretty song or reading poetry." Known mostly as Willie, Shoemaker was only 2 pounds when he was born in Fabens, Texas, on Aug ...

This year's Derby, which was the sixth that Calumet has won, will probably go down in the annals as the Lucky Derby, because Willie Shoemaker ... the last furlong, the jockey stood up in his ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Irad Ortiz Jr., who rode three winners at the Breeders’ Cup, has earned the Bill Shoemaker Award as the outstanding jockey at the world championships. It’s the fifth ...