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Morgan B14325 -  1959-10-10 William Lee Bill Willie The Shoe Shoemaker Jockey on Scales aft riding his 300th winner at Aqueduct.jpg
This photograph features jockey William Lee "The Shoe" Shoemaker on the scales after riding his 300th win at Aqueduct in 1959.

Bill Shoemaker rode for 40 years, winning roughly 21.9% of 40,350 races before his retirement in 1990. He was America’s…

Meadors - 1959-04-18 Jockeys (2).jpg
This photograph, taken at Keeneland on April 18, 1959, features jockeys (seated, left to right) Bill Shoemaker, Walter Blum, John Ruane, and Manuel Ycaza. The standing jockeys (left to right) are Bill Hartack, Jr., Johnny Sellers, James Nichols, C.E.…

Meadors - 1965-08-25 Candy Spots arrives at Gainesway Farm in transport (2).jpg
This photograph captures Candy Spot’s arrival to Gainesway Farm in August of 1965.

Candy Spots (by Argentinian-bred Nigromante out of Candy Dish) was a multiple graded stakes-winning Thoroughbred foaled in California in 1960.

Candy Spots won…

Keeneland Association - 1969 Blue Grass Stakes Arts and Letters, finish line.jpg
Jockey Bill Shoemaker pilots Arts and Letters to a commanding 15-length Blue Grass Stakes victory in 1969. Campaigned by Rokeby Stables, Arts and Letters gave Shoemaker his fifth Blue Grass win. The Hall of Fame jockey would claim a sixth victory in…

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Peb's artwork depicts Bill Shoemaker, U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey, atop his four Kentucky Derby winners: Ferdinand, Lucky Debonair, Tomy Lee, and Swaps.

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Peb's artwork depicts jockeys Desmond Sanford “Sandy” Hawley, Patrick Angel “Pat” Valenzuela, Fernando Toro, Marco A. Castaneda, Russell Avery Baze, William Lee “Shoe” Shoemaker, Jorge Luis Velasquez, Angel Tomas Cordero, Jr., Patrick Alan “Pat” Day,…

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Peb's artwork depicts jockeys John Rotz, Alex Maese, Carlos Barrera, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Howard Douglas Grant, Eddie Belmonte, Jerry Lambert, Bill Shoemaker, Fernando Toro, Johnny Sellers, Alvaro Pineda, Bobby Nono, and Don Pierce in the Jockey Room…

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Peb's artwork depicts U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockeys Angel Cordero, Jr., Johnny Longden, Bill Shoemaker, and Laffit Pincay, Jr.

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Peb's artwork depicts jockeys Jerry Lambert, Braulio Baeza, Bill Shoemaker, and Howard Grant during their 1972 racing "fever."

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Peb's artwork depicts racehorses Kelso (jockey Bill Shoemaker up), Carry Back, and Beau Purple before the 1962 Monmouth Handicap. 

Beau Purple defeated Kelso in three of their four lifetime meetings. Although Carry Back had claimed the 1961…
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