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Shane Dye

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Shane Dye
OccupationJockey
Born (1966-09-26) 26 September 1966 (age 58)
Matamata, New Zealand
Honours
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame

Raymond Shane Dye (born 26 September 1966, in the township of Matamata New Zealand), is a former jockey. He was an apprentice jockey to Dave O’Sullivan at Matamata, before moving to Sydney, Australia where he was initially working with Vic Thompson at Warwick Farm in the late-1980s.[1] In a distinguished riding career, Dye won the Melbourne Cup on Tawriffic in 1989 in then-record time, and won four consecutive Golden Slippers from 1989 to 1992. He also won the Cox Plate on Octagonal in 1995.

Dye won two Sydney Jockeys Premierships in the 1990-91 and 1996-97 seasons and rode over 2,000 career winners.

Dye rode in Mauritius after eight years in Hong Kong.[2]

Shane Dye has ridden 93 career Group 1 winners. He has not ridden in competitive racing since 2013 and has said he will not return to racing. On 9 March 2014 he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.[3]

Notable wins

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The following are some of the races Shane has won in his career.

Year
Race
Horse
Trainer(s)
1984 Avondale Cup (G1) Cariere J W Morris
1989 Golden Slipper Stakes Courtza R S McDonald
1989 Blue Diamond Stakes Courtza R S McDonald
1989 Melbourne Cup Tawriffic Lee Freedman
1990 Brisbane Cup Shuzohra E Skelton
1990 Golden Slipper Stakes Canny Lad R G Hore-Lacy
1991 Golden Slipper Stakes Tierce C E Conners
1991 H E Tancred Stakes Dr Grace G Chapman
1992 AJC Sires Produce Stakes Burst C E Connors
1992 Golden Slipper Stakes Burst C E Conners
1995 Cox Plate Octagonal John Hawkes
1995 Victoria Derby Nothin' Leica Dane Gai Waterhouse
1996 AJC Sires Produce Stakes Merlene D L Freedman
1997 Adelaide Cup Cronus Roger James
1997 Australian Cup Octagonal John Hawkes
1997 Australian Derby Ebony Grove Graeme Rogerson
1997 Doomben 10,000 Accomplice John Hawkes
1997 Newmarket Handicap Ruffles M Lees
1997 AJC Sires Produce Stakes Encounter C Connors
1997 Tancred Stakes Octagonal John Hawkes
1998 Sydney Cup Tie The Knot G Walter
1998 Brisbane Cup Praise Indeed N McBurney
1998 Adelaide Cup The Hind P C Hayes
1999 Australian Oaks Grand Archway
2000 Australian Oaks Coco Cobanna Gai Waterhouse
2004 Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Super Kid John Size

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Brassel, Stephen (1990). A Portrait of Racing. Sydney: Simon & Schuster Australia. p. 101. ISBN 0-7318-0130-X.
  2. ^ MAURITIUS: Shane Dye Accepts Riding Contract, Racing and Sports Tuesday, 17 March 2009
  3. ^ [1], "Shane Dye to become Hall of Fame jockey" Thursday, 6 March 2014