Top US jockey to visit SA....

Earlier today I received a call from Top US jockey Shane Sellers who will make a riding and business trip to SA, the 1st week of March.

The 1st time I heard about Sellers was on on Emirates flight where a documentary of his career was aired on their ICE entertainment bouquet.

Wiki entry

Shane Jude Sellers (born September 24, 1966 in Erath, Louisiana) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs.
Sellers won several national riding championships and was a leading rider at Arlington Park. Over his career, he rode in the Kentucky Derby 14 consecutive times, with his best finish a third with Wild Gale in 1993. The two took third again that year in the Belmont Stakes.
He rode 29 thoroughbreds in the Breeders Cup races, with two wins in 1997 and 1998, however one of his most exciting wins had to be his ride of Skip Away over the great Cigar in the Jockey Club Gold Cup in 1996.
During his career Shane Sellers won more than 4,000 races and earned purses worth more than $122 million.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Sellers

Chippy...you always remain a great guy to me....(tu)

Pirhobeta Wrote:

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> Chippy...you always remain a great guy to
> me....(tu)


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Pirhobeta Wrote:

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> Chippy...you always remain a great guy to
> me....(tu)

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Will drink to that
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Thanks Chippy..be nice to see you guys race against each other.take the exactas.

He was a top jock in the 90s,but has battled serious knee injuries and looks past he's best.
46 is veterans stage.I bet he is not having many rides in US

He has also been in rehab for drug and alcohol and suffered mental problems..
Wish him luck if he gets any rides

2013 Statistics:

Starts: 37
Firsts: 5
Seconds: 4
Thirds: 10


Career Statistics:

Starts: 26,119
Firsts: 4,393
Seconds: 3,804
Thirds: 3,295
Earnings: $131,522,006
Avg. Earnings Per Start: $5,035

hibernia Wrote:

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> 2013 Statistics:
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> Starts: 37
> Firsts: 5
> Seconds: 4
> Thirds: 10
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> Career Statistics:
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> Starts: 26,119
> Firsts: 4,393
> Seconds: 3,804
> Thirds: 3,295
> Earnings: $131,522,006
> Avg. Earnings Per Start: $5,035


Not many rides this year or last year..
He wrote a book a while back and layed into many trainers and jockeys,rubbished a lot of tracks.
When he wrote it I don't think he was planning to ride again,a lot of the racing fraternity in US have given him the cold shoulder

davetheflower Wrote:

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> He has also been in rehab for drug and alcohol and
> suffered mental problems..
> Wish him luck if he gets any rides

Then he will fit right in me thinks...

Don't believe he will be racing but is keen to see what Summerveld looks like