Known as Willie for most of his career and often ... Still an apprentice jockey in 1950, Shoemaker rode 388 winners to tie for first place in the nation. He led in that category four more times ...

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 ...

“Your dad is Willie Shoemaker?” I asked ... When Ginnie met Bill, he had only been working as a jockey for about eight or nine months – his first professional ride was in March 1949.

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 ...

Jockey Willie Shoemaker is usually a highly relaxed performer; he hunches up over his mount’s neck and almost seems to let matters take their course. But, riding a colt named The Hoop last week ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

The owners foot the bills. Trainers prepare horses to race. But, ultimately, it's the jockeys who must guide a thoroughbred to victory once it leaves the starting gate. In the 150 years of the ...

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 ...