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THE SHOE: REFLECTIONS ON A LEGEND : Shoe Stood Up to See ...  Feb 1, 1990 ... THE SHOE: REFLECTIONS ON A LEGEND : Shoe Stood Up to See Himself ... At 25, Shoemaker was already one of America's pre-eminent jockeys, but in this ... Plaut, a former turf reporter, quickly called Don Fair of the Daily...
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April 20, 1979 - THE SHOE | Chicago Tribune Archive  Apr 20, 1979 ... THE SHOE ... Age doesn't slow this jockey legend ... He was known for years as "the Silent Shoe" and has never been known as a media...
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THE SHOE: REFLECTIONS ON A LEGEND : One More Ride For ...  Feb 1, 1990 ... As a jockey, what made Bill Shoemaker tick? ... for the last time in a $100,000, one-mile grass race called the Legend's Last Ride Handicap:.
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Willie Shoemaker facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ...  In the unlikely role of jockey, Willie Shoemaker became known throughout .... (With Dan Smith) The Shoe: Willie Shoemaker's Illustrated Book of Racing, ... Shoemaker uses his legendary status as a jockey to advance spinal chord research.
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Bill Shoemaker - Wikipedia  William Lee "Bill" Shoemaker (August 19, 1931  October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. ... Referred to as "Bill", "Willie," and "The Shoe", William Lee Shoemaker was born in the town of Fabens, Texas. At 2.5 pounds (1.1 kg), Shoemaker...
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Final Jeopardy: Great Britons  Fikkle Fame  Mar 17, 2016 ... Sometimes You're Hot ... A pair of shoes that he wore when making history in 1954 sold at ... Many are rooting for him to continue winning but these two ... Well, you can't wager $11,000 on this Daily Double, Alex quipped, ... In an earlier May auction, the stopwatch used to time the race sold for 20,000.
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Sports | Arcaro, Brilliant Jockey, Dies At 81 -- He's Only Rider To Win ...  Nov 15, 1997 ... Those numbers are unchallenged, and Arcaro is the only jockey to ride two Triple Crown winners - Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948. ... "I would like to see Eddie ride again before I die," she said, and Arcaro's license was returned. ... In addition to Whirlaway and Citation, Arcaro won the Kentucky...
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Congressional Record, Volume 150 Issue 25 (Tuesday, March 2 ...  Mar 2, 2004 ... ... born Billie Lee Shoemaker on August 19, 1931, in Fabens, Texas; Whereas ... won his first race at the age of 18 and had compiled 8,833 victories by the ... Willie Shoemaker became the first jockey to total $100,000,000 in purse ... honors the life and legendary career in horse racing of Willie Shoemaker;...
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Shoemaker Enters First Race as a Trainer - latimes  May 18, 1990|From Associated Press ... One of 10 entries in the $32,000 race, Star Child will be ridden by Eddie ... mount, Patchy Groundfog, finished fourth in the race billed as "The Legend's Last Ride." ... Shoemaker said he has 24 horses in his stable. ... Only one guy's ever done that before and that's Johnny Longden."...
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Bill Shoemaker - New World Encyclopedia  The former all-time leader in career victories (8,833), he had 11 victories in Triple ... Shoemaker rode from 1949 to 1990, winning on 22.9 percent of his mounts. ... have ended his career, but he came back for many successful years of riding. ... Two weeks later, on February 3, Shoemaker rode in his last race as a jockey,...
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Trivia | Kentucky Derby Museum  On a warm, sunny, Monday afternoon, May 17, 1875, fifteen three-year old ... He was ridden to victory by jockey Oliver Lewis, one of thirteen African American jockeys ... Since then, the Kentucky Derby has been held every year at Louisville's Churchill ... Then, in 1919, Sir Barton won the Derby  then won the Preakness in...
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Murphy, Isaac Burns (1861-1896) | The Black Past: Remembered ...  Murphy was the first American jockey elected to Racing's Hall of Fame in ... Burns's father, a free black man, was a bricklayer and his mother was a laundrywoman. ... Isaac Burns changed his last name to Murphy once he started racing horses ... Isaac Murphy's first Kentucky Derby win came May 27, 1884 at Churchill Downs...
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jeopardy/1068_Qs.txt at master  jedoublen/jeopardy  GitHub  CASABLANCA | One of Casablanca's main streets bears the name of the fifth king to share his name with this .... VOCABULARY | (<http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-06-26_DJ_08.jpg> Sarah of the Clue Crew shoes a horse.) A blacksmith who shoes horses is referred to by this name from the Latin for "iron" | a farrier.
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Secretariat (horse) - Wikipedia  Secretariat (March 30, 1970  October 4, 1989) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who, in 1973, became the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years. His record-breaking win in the Belmont Stakes, where he left the field 31 lengths .... Secretariat's length of stride was considered large even after taking into account his...
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Eddie Arcaro, 'the Master,' Is Dead at 81 - latimes  Nov 15, 1997 ... Eddie Arcaro, the fiery jockey known for his furious finishes and 17 ... Horse racing: He was the only jockey to ride two Triple Crown winners, Whirlaway and Citation. ... Arcaro won 4,799 races and rode horses that earned $30.3 million. ... the Triple Crown twice, with Whirlaway in 1941 and Citation in 1948.
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The many fights of Muhammad Ali - CNNPolitics.com - CNN.com  Jun 4, 2016 ... Muhammad Ali may have first made his mark on the world as a ... The three-time heavyweight, who died Friday after a lengthy fight with Parkinson's disease, rose to ... black alligator shoes without speaking, could keep quiet no longer. ...... Five years later, he and actor Michael J. Fox traveled to Capitol Hill...
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The curious case of the Khrushchev shoe | PolitiFact Rhode Island  Jan 18, 2015 ... Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his fist on the desk while ... The shoe Khrushchev famously pounded on the table at the U.N. was a spare? .... 12 October 1960," United Nations General Assembly Fifteenth Session,...
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History Of Nike: Facts About Its 50th Anniversary - Business Insider  Nov 4, 2014 ... Nike was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports and initially operated as a distributor for the Japanese shoemaker Onitsuka Tiger (now known as Asics). ... pattern on the sole of trainers to help athletes grip running tracks. ... NOW WATCH: 5 subliminal sex messages hidden in ads for wholesome brands...
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Bill Shoemaker - Wikipedia  William Lee "Bill" Shoemaker (August 19, 1931  October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. ... Fabens, Texas, United States ... Career wins, 8,833 ... His career as a jockey began in his teenage years, with his first professional ride on ... the oldest jockey ever to win the race (at age 54) aboard the 18-1 outsider Ferdinand.
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Honoring The Life And Career Of The Late Willie Shoemaker ...  Mar 2, 2004 ... At age 54, he became the oldest jockey to win the Kentucky Derby. ... There, on March 3, 1985, while riding Lord at War at the Santa Antia Handicap, he became the first jockey to total $100,000,000 in purse winning. ... Tragically, Shoemaker was critically injured in an auto accident just over 1 year after his...
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Sports - Ray Sahelian, M.D.  Lou Gehrig 1903-1941 iron horse, played for NY Yankees, most consecutive games played, 2130 ..... Willie Shoemaker Billy the Cobbler, or a famous jockey.