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 ...

I stared in disbelief. “Your dad is Willie Shoemaker?” I asked. He looked up at me, smiled and said, “Yes.” “How did you get so big?” I blurted out. John is tall and well-built.

Aboard a lackluster hayburner named Strathnaver, Jockey Willie Shoemaker was having traffic troubles, too. Bottled up in the backstretch, he slipped his mount through a narrow gap on the rail ...

Jockey Willie Shoemaker is usually a highly relaxed performer; he hunches up over his mount’s neck and almost seems to let matters take their course. But, riding a colt named The Hoop last week ...

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.

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Legendary jockey Willie Shoemaker born in Fabens Jockey Willie Shoemaker retired from horse racing on Feb. 3, 1990. Shoemaker was born Aug. 19, 1931, in Fabens and died of natural causes Oct ...