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ON THIS DAY - 3rd FEBRUARY
Key Tips • 3 February 2022
ON THIS DAY - 3rd FEBRUARY
On this day in 1990 American jockey Bill Shoemaker (58), retired after 40,350 horse races, winning 8,833.
He won the Kentucky Derby 4 times and the Belmont Stakes 5 times.
He held the world record for total professional jockey victories for 29 years.
He died on October 12, 2003, of natural causes at his home in San Marino, California.