Shane Dye Explained

Shane Dye
Occupation:Jockey
Birth Date:1966 9, df=yes
Birth Place: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

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

Year
Race
Horse
Trainer(s)
1984Avondale Cup (G1)Cariere J W Morris
1989Golden Slipper StakesCourtzaR S McDonald
1989Blue Diamond StakesCourtzaR S McDonald
1989
1990Brisbane CupShuzohraE Skelton
1990Canny Lad R G Hore-Lacy
1991Golden Slipper StakesTierceC E Conners
1991H E Tancred StakesDr GraceG Chapman
1992AJC Sires Produce StakesBurstC E Connors
1992Golden Slipper StakesBurstC E Conners
1995
1995Victoria DerbyNothin' Leica DaneGai Waterhouse
1996AJC Sires Produce StakesMerleneD L Freedman
1997Adelaide CupCronusRoger James
1997Australian CupOctagonalJohn Hawkes
1997Australian DerbyEbony GroveGraeme Rogerson
1997Doomben 10,000AccompliceJohn Hawkes
1997Newmarket HandicapRufflesM Lees
1997AJC Sires Produce StakesEncounterC Connors
1997Tancred StakesOctagonalJohn Hawkes
1998Sydney CupTie The KnotG Walter
1998Brisbane CupPraise IndeedN McBurney
1998Adelaide CupThe HindP C Hayes
1999Australian OaksGrand Archway
2000Australian OaksCoco CobannaGai Waterhouse
2004Super KidJohn Size

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Brassel, Stephen . A Portrait of Racing. 1990 . Simon & Schuster Australia . Sydney . 0-7318-0130-X . 101 .
  2. http://www.racingandsports.com.au/international/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=147161&story=MAURITIUS:_Shane_Dye_Accepts_Riding_Contract MAURITIUS: Shane Dye Accepts Riding Contract
  3. http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8810158