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	Del Mar Horse Racing History
		His name is William Lee Shoemaker, and his history and that of the track will become entwined hereafter.
		Leading rider Bill Shoemaker wins half of them, giving him five of the 93 added-money races he'll capture during his unparalleled Del Mar riding career.
		The two stakes wins are the first of five he'll accomplish at the track, a mark that has been tied (Flawlessly), but not surpassed in the track's history.
	www.dmtc.com /season/history.php (3764 words)

	Willie Shoemaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shoemaker won 11 Triple Crown races during his career, but the Crown itself eluded him.
		At the 1986 Kentucky Derby, Shoemaker became the oldest jockey ever to win the race (at age 54) aboard the 18-1 outsider Ferdinand.
		Shoemaker was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958, and the phrase "It's a Shoein" was coined, indicating that an event was certain to happen - eg.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Shoemaker (531 words)

	Telegraph \| News \| Bill Shoemaker
		Bill Shoemaker, who died on Sunday aged 72, was one of the most successful jockeys in horse-racing history; his total of 8,833 winners, in a career which spanned 41 years, stood as a world record until it was surpassed in 1999 by Laffit Pincay Jnr.
		When he was 15, Bill left school and went to work at the Suzy Q Ranch at Puente, California, although at this stage he had no particular interest in becoming a jockey; this ambition crystallised only after a year during which he mucked out stables and broke in yearlings.
		Shoemaker had his last (and 40,352nd) ride in 1990, when he was 58, finishing fourth on Patchy Groundfog at Santa Anita; 64,500 people turned up to watch this episode of racing history.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/14/db1401.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/10/14/ixportal.html (1226 words)

	ESPN.com: Shoemaker made racing history
		Bill Shoemaker's victory in the 1986 Kentucky Derby aboard Ferdinand was one of the more memorable in a distinguished career.
		Billie Lee Shoemaker was born Aug. 19, 1931, in the west Texas town of Fabens.
		Shoemaker was left paralyzed from the neck down, and he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
	espn.go.com /sportscentury/features/00016470.html (1249 words)

	Willie Shoemaker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		William Lee Shoemaker, (August 19, 1931 - October 12, 2003) was an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American (Someone employed to ride horses in horse races) jockey.
		Win #8,833, Shoemaker's last, came at Gulfstream Park, (A state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War) Florida on January 20, 1990 aboard Beau Genius.
		Shoemaker was inducted into the (Click link for more info and facts about National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame) National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/willie_shoemaker.htm (688 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Bill Shoemaker, 72; his gentleness, skill led horses to winning circle ...
		Shoemaker was considered too old to be a viable contender, and his horse, Ferdinand, was an 18-to-1 long shot.
		Shoemaker was suspended for 15 days for "gross carelessness in misjudging the point of finish." Derby officials painted a big bull's-eye at the finish line.
		Shoemaker won the Belmont again in 1975, on Avatar, and in 1981 he became the first jockey to win a $1 million purse, aboard John Henry in the first Arlington Million near Chicago.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2003/10/13/bill_shoemaker_72_his_gentleness_skill_led_horses_to_winning_circle_for_41_years?mode=PF (1124 words)

	Bill Shoemaker - Who's Who in RCA VideoDisc
		Shoemaker broke his neck when the Ford Bronco he was driving veered off a freeway in suburban Los Angeles, tumbled down an embankment and rolled.
		Shoemaker was born in Fabens, Texas, on Aug. 19, 1931.
		Shoemaker won his first race as a trainer with Tempest Cloud, an upset winner who broke her maiden in the fourth race at Hollywood Park in June 1990.
	www.cedmagic.com /mem/whos-who/shoemaker-bill.html (1237 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker dies at age 72 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		"Bill Shoemaker, pound-for-pound, was one of the best athletes of the 20th century with a rare combination of poise, grace and courage.
		Bill Shoemaker at the pinnacle of his career was the best in the world." – Nick Nicholson, president of Keeneland racetrack in Kentucky.
		Shoemaker's riding style of sitting almost still on a horse was emulated by generations of jockeys.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20031012-1556-rac-obit-shoemaker.html (1037 words)

	LEO -- Louisville Eccentric Observer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bill Shoemaker was coming up in the 1950s as Eddie Arcaro was capping his career.
		Bill Shoemaker died Sunday of complications from a 1991 automobile accident that left him paralyzed from the neck down and using a wheelchair the rest of his life.
		Shoemaker rode countless champions, including Swaps, Damascus and Spectacular Bid, and he was the first rider to win 100 races with purses of $100,000 or better.
	www.leoweekly.com /archives/101503/sports.shtml (756 words)

	Bill Shoemaker
		Bill remembered the organic chemistry he learned under the arch, and their life's course was set.
		Bill and I also talked a lot about muzzle loaders and other allied forms of mayhem, He was a gun nut, and while I wasn't, I had quite an interest in them.
		Either Bill or someone else had a larger vision for the school, and the groundwork was being laid for a larger, grander and better facility and curriculum.
	photography.rit.edu /~andpph/text-shoemaker.html (5727 words)

	Shoemaker dies at 72 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Bill Shoemaker was so small at birth, he wasn’t expected to live through the night.
		Shoemaker was 2 pounds when he was born Aug. 19, 1931, and he was kept in a shoebox near a fire to stay warm.
		Shoemaker broke Longden’s record of 6,032 victories in 1970 and held it until Laffit Pincay Jr.
	www.msnbc.com /news/979445.asp?0cv=CB20&cp1=1 (921 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- 'The Shoe' was leader – even in wheelchair (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Shoemaker, who rode four Kentucky Derby winners and was the pre-eminent figure in his profession throughout much of a 40-year riding career, died early yesterday in his sleep at his home in San Marino near the Santa Anita racetrack.
		Shoemaker was among the honored speakers at retirement ceremonies for Pincay in June at Hollywood Park.
		Shoemaker also contributed a significant chapter to Derby lore in 1957 when he misjudged the finish line and stood up in the irons on Gallant Man for an instant at the sixteenth pole.
	www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20031013-9999_1s13shoe.html (1566 words)

	Online NewsHour: In Memoriam: Bill Shoemaker -- October 13, 2003
		Bill Shoemaker died in his sleep yesterday at his home near Los Angeles.
		JEFFREY BROWN: In 1986, Bill Shoemaker was 54 years old when he won his fourth Kentucky Derby, the oldest jockey ever to win the race.
		BILL SHOEMAKER: I think it's more satisfying, especially when you take a young horse and you develop him and bring him up like I did.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/remember/july-dec03/shoemaker.html (1275 words)

	Rev. Sam Shoemaker, A.A. Co-Founder and Spiritual Source - by: Dick B.
		Later, Bill added that early AAs learned about moral inventory, amends for harm done, turning their wills and lives over to God, meditation and prayer "and all the rest of it" straight from the Oxford Group as it was "then led in America" by Dr. Shoemaker.
		Additional Shoemaker input came from Sam’s frequently references to the writings of Professor William James, whom Bill Wilson was later to call a "founder" of A.A. and from whose Varieties of Religious Experiences, Bill obtained important religious principles.
		Bill also incorporated the Shoemaker talk of "willingness" to ask God’s help in removing the blocks, being convicted of the need for restitution, and then being sent "to someone with restoration and apology." Step Nine: Sam said the last stand of self is pride.
	www.anonymousone.com /faq63.htm (2370 words)

	Bill Shoemaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Billie Lee Shoemaker was born August 19, 1931, in the west Texas town of Fabens.
		He returned in 1969, only to be injured again in a paddock accident, this time breaking his pelvis, rupturing his bladder, and causing nerve damage in a leg.
		Bill Shoemaker has written two books, both set in the world of Thoroughbred horse racing: Stalking Horse (1994) and Fire Horse (1995).
	www.cswnet.com /~terandkr/shoe.html (354 words)

	CTV.ca - Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker dies at 72- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		— Bill Shoemaker, who rode four Kentucky Derby winners and was a commanding presence in thoroughbred racing for more than 40 years, died Sunday.
		Shoemaker became paralyzed when his car veered off the freeway about 30 miles from Los Angeles.
		Shoemaker is survived by his former wife, Cindy, and only child Amanda.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1065991891539_25?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory (988 words)

	Overlawyered: Bill Shoemaker, 72
		Legendary record-setting jockey Bill Shoemaker died today at the age of 72.
		Shoemaker was driving after a couple of beers--enough to make the 98-pounder legally drunk according to a blood test.
		Shoemaker sued the auto manufacturer, the state of California (for failing to install guardrails on a straight road), and the seven doctors who saved his life--a decision he said he regretted in a 1999 interview: "Shoemaker says he always has felt solely responsible for the accident.
	www.overlawyered.com /archives/000411.html (200 words)

	Thoroughbred Times: Today's News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Shoemaker is the second jockey of legendary porportions to die this year.
		Shoemaker eclipsed Longden's record of 6,032 career winners in September 1970 and maintained his status as racing's winningest jockey until Pincay broke his record on December 10, 1999, at Hollywood Park.
		Shoemaker rode a horse the way DiMaggio caught a fly ball, or Sinatra sang a ballad--with the effortless ease and grace of a guy who was born to do what he was doing," Murray wrote.
	www.thoroughbredtimes.com /todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=38784&subsec=1 (1244 words)

	Autotote News
		Racing today mourns the passing of legendary jockey Bill Shoemaker, who died in his sleep Sunday morning at his home in San Marino at the age of 72.
		Shoemaker was left a quadriplegic in a single-vehicle accident on April 8, 1991, in San Dimas, California, east of Los Angeles.
		Shoemaker, elected to the Hall of Fame in 1958, retired from riding on Feb. 3, 1990, after a career of more than 41 years in which he rode 8,833 winners, the record until surpassed by Laffit Pincay Jr.
	www.jaialai.com /newstory.asp?id=3412 (479 words)

	CNN.com - Jockey legend Shoemaker dead at 72 - Oct. 12, 2003
		Bill Shoemaker won the Kentucky Derby four times, the last in 1986.
		Hall of Fame jockey Bill Shoemaker, whose 8,883 victories are the second-most in thoroughbred racing history, died Sunday.
		Shoemaker was born in Fabens, Texas, on August 19, 1931, so small he was kept as an infant in a shoebox near a fire to stay warm.
	cnn.com /2003/SPORT/10/12/shoemaker.obit.ap (828 words)

	Blog of Death: Bill Shoemaker
		William Lee Shoemaker, a 4-foot 11-inch, 95 lb.
		As a teenager, Shoemaker won the Golden Gloves boxing championship in the 95-to-105-pound division, but dropped out of high school to become a jockey.
		He won his first race in 1949 on Shafter V at Golden Gate Fields, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1958.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000403.html (293 words)

	Bill Shoemaker, Hall of Fame Jockey, Dies at 72
		Shoemaker, the leading jockey in racing history, led a life of adventure curtailed by tragedy when he was paralyzed in a 1991 automobile crash.
		Shoemaker died in his sleep, Paddy Gallagher, his assistant in his years as a trainer, told The Associated Press.
		Shoemaker stood in the stirrups for about one stride just before the horses reached the finish, enabling Calumet Farm's Iron Liege, with Bill Hartack riding, to sweep past.
	www.nytimes.com /2003/10/13/obituaries/13SHOE.html?ex=1381377600&en=bc005687a676e1aa&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (929 words)

	CBC News:Jockey Bill Shoemaker dead at 72 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Shoemaker won the Kentucky Derby four times, had two wins in the Preakness and five in the Belmont Stakes.
		Born Billie Lee Shoemaker in Fabens, Tex., on Aug. 19, 1931, he had his first professional ride in 1949.
		Following his historic final ride on Feb. 3, 1990, Shoemaker faced a series of difficulties in his life.
	www.cbc.ca /stories/2003/10/12/shoemaker_obit031012 (212 words)

	Willie Shoemaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Fifty four years after the 2 1/2-pound pre-maturely born Shoemaker was placed in a shoebox and shoved into an oven to keep him alive, Willie Shoemaker nursed a 171 shot, a colt named Ferdinand, to victory in the 1986 Kentucky Derby.
		Shoemaker considered Eddie Arcaro his toughest rival and envied his two sweeps of horse racing's Triple Crown events the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes with Whirlaway and Citation, the only prize to escape him.
		Then, on April 8, 1991, a little more than a year after retiring to become a trainer, Shoemaker was involved in a one-car accident that left him paralyzed frm the neck down.
	www.famoustexans.com /willieshoemaker.htm (445 words)

	National Museum of Racing - Hall of Fame
		Shoemaker was born in Texas and spent most of his career on the West Coast, but repeatedly won the most important stakes of his day all over the country.
		Shoemaker was winning the race aboard Gallant Man when he momentarily misjudged the finish and lost to Iron Liege.
		Bill Shoemaker suffered serious injuries in 1968 and 1969 that could have ended his career, but he came back for many successful years of riding.
	www.racingmuseum.org /hall/jockey.asp?ID=220 (470 words)

	The Loss of a Racing Giant: Bill Shoemaker - The Fund for Horses
		The Fund for Horses pay tribute to the late, great American jockey, Bill Shoemaker, and offer our condolences to his family, and many friends and colleagues.
		Bill Shoemaker at the pinnacle of his career was the best in the world." -- Nick Nicholson, President of Keeneland racetrack in Kentucky.
		Bill Shoemaker's loss seems particularly poignant to us here at The Fund for Horses, as he was the winning jockey on Kentucky Derby winner, Ferdinand, whose days tragically and terrifyingly ended in a Japanese slaughterhouse earlier this year.
	www.fund4horses.org /info.php?id=195 (346 words)

	Shoemaker, Bill -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Born prematurely, Shoemaker weighed less than 0.9 kg (2 lb) at birth; he eventually grew to about 1.5 m...
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	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9067467?tocId=9067467 (833 words)

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