Description: Short, skinny.
World famous horse jockey who won 8,833 races in his career, putting him
second on the all-time list behind Laffit Pincay, Jr. In 42 years, Shoemaker
won 11 Triple Crown races, 1,009 stakes races and 10 national money titles.
He earned more than $123 million in purses, about $10 million of which went
into his pocket. By the time he retired he raced 40,352 times. He is the oldest
jockey to win the Kentucky Derby at age 54 aboard Ferdinand in 1986. Retired
in 1990 to become a trainer. Paralyzed from the neck down in a 1991 automobile
accident, Shoemaker continued to train horses. He retired from training in
1997.