# Pesi Shroff

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{{Short description|Indian jockey (born 1965)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox horseracing personality
|name  = Pesi Shroff
|image  =Pesi Shroff.png
|caption  =  
|occupation  = [Jockey](/source/Jockey), [Horse trainer](/source/Horse_trainer)
|birth_place = [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai), [India](/source/India)
|birth_date  =  1965
|death_date  =
|career wins  = 
|race  = 
|horses  = 
|updated = 10 May 2008
}}
'''Pesi Shroff''' (b. 1965) is a former [Indian](/source/India) champion [jockey](/source/jockey). He has ridden 5,614 races and won 1,751 of them, including 106 classic races and 29 Derbys. Born to a [Parsi](/source/Parsis) family, he began his career at 16 years old when he was licensed to ride by the [Royal Western India Turf Club](/source/Royal_Western_India_Turf_Club) in [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai) in 1981. He won his first race on ''My Squaw''.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news 
  | title = Pesi Shroff to retire
  | work = [The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)
  | publisher = 
  | date = 2004-10-26
  | url = http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/10/27/stories/2004102710212000.htm
  | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130125204111/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/10/27/stories/2004102710212000.htm
  | url-status = usurped
  | archive-date = 25 January 2013
  | accessdate = 2008-05-10}}</ref>

Pesi had a long association with Indian liquor baron [Vijay Mallya](/source/Vijay_Mallya) having been on retainer for him for several years. Apart from Mallya, he has also ridden for leading owners of the Indian turf like [M.A.M. Ramaswamy](/source/M.A.M._Ramaswamy), Deepak Khaitan, and Khushroo Dhunjibhoy
.<ref name="hindu" />

To date, he is the only jockey to have piloted eight [Derby](/source/Derby_(horse_race)) winners at the [Mahalaxmi Racecourse](/source/Mahalaxmi_Racecourse), Mumbai and has ridden a classic winner in each of the five major racing centres of India.<ref name="toi">{{cite news 
  | title = Pesi Shroff wants one last hurrahe
  | work = [Times of India](/source/Times_of_India), [Mumbai](/source/Mumbai)
  | publisher = [Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.](/source/Bennett%2C_Coleman_%26_Co._Ltd.)
  | date = 2004-10-24
  | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/897857.cms
  | accessdate = 2008-05-10
| first1=Ikram
| last1=Khan
| first2=Pradeep
| last2=Vijayakar}}</ref>

On 31 October 2004, he retired from the profession to become a trainer.

Pesi is married to childhood sweetheart Tina (sister of [Karl Umrigar](/source/Karl_Umrigar)) with whom they have had two children, Yohann and Anya. He also likes to play golf and is a [cricket](/source/cricket) fan.<ref name="hindu" />

==Career wins as a jockey==
{| class="wikitable" 
|+ Wins<ref name="hindu2">{{cite news 
  | title =  Pesi Shroff's career highlights
  | work = [The Hindu](/source/The_Hindu)
  | publisher = 
  | date = 2004-11-02
  | url =  http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/11/02/stories/2004110201651700.htm
  | archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20080201062118/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/11/02/stories/2004110201651700.htm
  | url-status =  usurped
  | archive-date =  1 February 2008
  | accessdate = 2008-05-10}}</ref>
|-
! Year
! Race
! Horse
|-
| 1984
| Indian Derby
| ''Enterprising''
|-
| 1985
| Indian Derby
| ''Revelation''
|-
| 1989
| Indian Derby
| ''Exhilaration''
|-
| 1990
| Indian Derby
| ''Desert Warrior''
|-
| 1991
| Indian Derby
| ''Starfire Girl''
|-
| 1994
| Indian Derby
| ''Little Over''
|-
| 2001
| Indian Derby
| ''Storm Again''
|-
| 2004
| Indian Derby
| ''Psychic Flame''
|-
| 1985
| Indian Turf Invitation
| ''Revelation''
|-
| 1986
| Indian Turf Invitation
| ''Amorous Knight''
|-
| 1989
| Indian Turf Invitation
| ''Exhilaration''
|-
| 1990
| Indian Turf Invitation
| ''Desert Warrior''
|-
| 1992
| Indian Turf Invitation
| ''Bugs Bunny''
|-
| 1993
| Indian Turf Invitation
| ''Adler''
|-
| 2001
| Indian Turf Invitation
| ''Storm Again''
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shroff, Pesi}}
Category:1965 births
Category:Living people
Category:Indian jockeys
Category:Parsi people from Mumbai
Category:Sportspeople from Mumbai

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