Willie Shoemaker has died. - Democratic Underground

doxieone

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Sun Oct-12-03 12:45 PM
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Willie Shoemaker has died.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/10/12/obituary1334EDT0488.DTL

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brook

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Sun Oct-12-03 12:51 PM
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1. Ohhh...

Edited on Sun Oct-12-03 12:51 PM by brook

Damn! He was a really nice guy. I waited on him a few times years ago. Big tipper - and very pleasant.

Maybe the good ones die young because they've earned their ticket out? Ya think? RIP, Bill.
Edited to correct mistype.

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soupkitchen

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Sun Oct-12-03 12:55 PM
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2. One of the all time great,jockeys

Now you can ride Forego and Ferdinand again

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twilight

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Sun Oct-12-03 01:05 PM
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3. died in his sleep and lived near Santa Anita racetrack

and was paralyzed after a car accident in 1991.

He was probably the best jockey of all times. We'll miss you Willie! RIP!

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bread_and_roses

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Sun Oct-12-03 02:50 PM
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4. So many greats...

gone in the past year or so. Johnny Longden, Seattle Slew, Spectacular Bid among them. I pay more attention to the horses, still, it is sad to hear of "Shoe's" death. Good to know there are some others here who follow TB racing.

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BrotherBuzz

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Sun Oct-12-03 03:04 PM
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5. He was a mystery writer too!

I read three of his books and thought they were good! I suspect he did a lot of reading between races, and it showed.

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0007

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Sun Oct-12-03 04:14 PM
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6. One thing about Willie

He could make a 'boat race' look real.

He has my best.

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