Feb. 3, 1990, jockey Willie Shoemaker retired from horse racing. Shoemaker was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Fabens and died of natural causes Oct. 12, 2003, in San Marino, California. This Dec. 8, 1989 ...

To continue my look at well-known El Pasoans, this week I'll look at jockey Willie Shoemaker. He was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Fabens. At the time of his birth he weighed 2 1/2 pounds, and the doctor ...

To stony-faced Willie Shoemaker, 30, it probably felt monotonous. In the last 75 years, only 42 riders have booted home six winners in a day; Shoemaker has done it eight times.

This column on Bill Shoemaker by the late Jim Murray first appeared in The Times on Feb. 1, 1990: If I were a racehorse today, I think I would be in deep depression. His Hands Made Light Work ...

Willie Shoemaker: Having "The Shoe" on your horse was as valuable as eliminating a couple of competitors. Don't believe it? He won 8,833 of the 40,350 races he entered.

Legendary jockey Willie Shoemaker is suing the state of California for $20 million, charging it was responsible for a car accident last year that left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair.

William "Bill" Shoemaker, who was called Willie by his fans, was a family favorite, and we watched him ride countless times during the race seasons in the 1970s and 1980s.

More than 13,000 visitors paid their respects to the ghosts of Seabiscuit, Seattle Slew, and jockey Bill Shoemaker on the venue's closing day. Patrick Quinn was one of them.