Bill Shoemaker Autographed First Day Cover PSA SLAB Horse Racing Jockey dec 2003

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You are bidding on an autographed First Day Cover of Bill Shoemaker , incudes PSA COA
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Shoemaker's career as a
jockey
began in his teenage years, with his first professional ride on March 19, 1949. The first of his eventual 8,833 career victories came a month later, on April 20, aboard Shafter V, at Golden Gate Fields in
Albany, California
.
[1]
In 1951, he won the
George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award
.
At the age of 19, he was making so much money (as much as ,500 each week) the Los Angeles Superior Court appointed attorney
Horace Hahn
as his guardian, with the consent of his parents.
[2]
Thirty years later, he won the
Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey
in the United States.
Shoemaker won eleven
Triple Crown
races during his career, spanning four different decades, but the Crown itself eluded him. The breakdown of these wins is as follows:
Kentucky Derby
:
Swaps
(1955),
Tomy Lee
(1959),
Lucky Debonair
(1965) and
Ferdinand
(1986)
Preakness Stakes
:
Candy Spots
(1963) and
Damascus
(1967)
Belmont Stakes
:
Gallant Man
(1957),
Sword Dancer
(1959),
Jaipur
(1962), Damascus (1967) and
Avatar
(1975)
Two of Shoemaker's most noted rides were in the
Kentucky Derby
. He lost the 1957
Kentucky Derby
aboard
Gallant Man
, when he stood up in the stirrups too soon, having misjudged the finish line, where Gallant Man finished second to
Iron Liege
, ridden by
Bill Hartack
. At the 1986
Kentucky Derby
, Shoemaker became the oldest
jockey
ever to win the race (at age 54) aboard the 18-1 outsider Ferdinand. The following year, he rode Ferdinand to a victory over
Alysheba
in the
Breeders' Cup
Classic; Ferdinand later captured Horse of the Year honors.
Shoemaker rode the popular
California
horse
Silky Sullivan
, about which he is quoted as saying: "You just had to let him run his race ... and if he decided to win it, you'd better hold on because you'd be moving faster than a train."
[
citation needed
]
When Shoemaker earned his 6,033rd victory in September 1970, he broke
jockey
Johnny Longden
's record.
[
citation needed
]
In 1999, Shoemaker's own record of 8,833 career victories was broken by Panamanian-born
Laffit Pincay Jr
; the record is currently
[
when?
]
held by
Russell Baze
.
[
citation needed
]
Win number 8,833, Shoemaker's last, came at
Gulfstream Park
in
Hallandale, Florida
, on January 20, 1990 aboard
Beau Genius
. Two weeks later, on February 3, Shoemaker rode his last race on Patchy Groundfog, at
Santa Anita Park
in
Arcadia, California
. He finished fourth, in front of a record crowd, to
Eddie Delahoussaye
, on Exemplary Leader. All told, Bill Shoemaker rode in a record 40,350 races. In 1990, he was voted the
Mike Venezia Memorial Award
for "extraordinary sportsmanship and citizenship".
The
Marlboro Cup
of 1976 at
Belmont Park
proved to be maybe his greatest racing achievement, and it was upon the mighty
Forego
. Forego's drive started from eighth position out of eleven horses on the backstretch. It culminated with a tremendous charge through the muddy middle-of-the-track stretch run, leading to a victory by a nose over the dead-game
Honest Pleasure
. Shoemaker was quoted as saying that Forego was the best horse he had ever ridden.
.
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