# Shane Dye > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shane_Dye > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Shane_Dye.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Dye > Source revision: 1344320444 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New Zealand jockey}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |image= |name = Shane Dye ||caption = |occupation = [Jockey](/source/Jockey) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1966|09|26}} | birth_place = [Matamata, New Zealand](/source/Matamata%2C_New_Zealand) |career wins = |race = |awards = |honours = [Australian Racing Hall of Fame](/source/Australian_Racing_Hall_of_Fame)
[New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame](/source/New_Zealand_Racing_Hall_of_Fame) |horses = }} '''Raymond Shane Dye''' (born 26 September 1966, in the township of [Matamata](/source/Matamata) New Zealand), is a former jockey. He was an apprentice [jockey](/source/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.{{cite book |title= A Portrait of Racing|last= Brassel|first=Stephen |year=1990 |publisher=Simon & Schuster Australia |location=Sydney |isbn=0-7318-0130-X |page=101 }} In a distinguished riding career, Dye won the [Melbourne Cup](/source/Melbourne_Cup) on [Tawriffic](/source/Tawriffic) in 1989 in then-record time, and won four consecutive [Golden Slippers](/source/Golden_Slipper_Stakes) from 1989 to 1992. He also won the [Cox Plate](/source/W.S._Cox_Plate) on [Octagonal](/source/Octagonal_(horse)) 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](/source/Mauritius) after eight years in Hong Kong.[http://www.racingandsports.com.au/international/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=147161&story=MAURITIUS:_Shane_Dye_Accepts_Riding_Contract MAURITIUS: Shane Dye Accepts Riding Contract] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309225905/http://www.racingandsports.com.au/international/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=147161&story=MAURITIUS:_Shane_Dye_Accepts_Riding_Contract |date=9 March 2012 }}, ''Racing and Sports'' Tuesday, 17 March 2009 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.[http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8810158] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224025709/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8810158 |date=24 February 2020 }}, "Shane Dye to become Hall of Fame jockey" Thursday, 6 March 2014 ==Notable wins== The following are some of the races Shane has won in his career. {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! width="30px" | Year
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|- |1984||Avondale Cup (G1)||Cariere ||J W Morris |- |1989||[Golden Slipper Stakes](/source/Golden_Slipper_Stakes)||Courtza|| R S McDonald |- |1989||[Blue Diamond Stakes](/source/Blue_Diamond_Stakes)||Courtza||R S McDonald |- | 1989|| [Melbourne Cup](/source/Melbourne_Cup) || [Tawriffic](/source/Tawriffic) || [Lee Freedman](/source/Lee_Freedman) |- |1990||[Brisbane Cup](/source/Brisbane_Cup)||Shuzohra||E Skelton |- | 1990||[Golden Slipper Stakes](/source/Golden_Slipper_Stakes) ||[Canny Lad](/source/Canny_Lad) || R G Hore-Lacy |- |1991||[Golden Slipper Stakes](/source/Golden_Slipper_Stakes)||Tierce||Clarry Conners |- |1991||[H E Tancred Stakes](/source/H_E_Tancred_Stakes)||Dr Grace||G Chapman |- |1992||[AJC Sires Produce Stakes](/source/Sires'_Produce_Stakes_(ATC))||Burst||Clarry Connors |- |1992||[Golden Slipper Stakes](/source/Golden_Slipper_Stakes)|| Burst||Clarry Conners |- | 1995||[Cox Plate](/source/Cox_Plate) || [Octagonal](/source/Octagonal_(horse)) || [John Hawkes](/source/John_Hawkes_(horseman)) |- |1995||[Victoria Derby](/source/Victoria_Derby)||[Nothin' Leica Dane](/source/Nothin'_Leica_Dane)||[Gai Waterhouse](/source/Gai_Waterhouse) |- |1996|| [AJC Sires Produce Stakes](/source/Sires'_Produce_Stakes_(ATC))||Merlene||D L Freedman |- |1997||[Adelaide Cup](/source/Adelaide_Cup)||Cronus||[Roger James](/source/Roger_James_(horse_trainer)) |- |1997||[Australian Cup](/source/Australian_Cup)||[Octagonal](/source/Octagonal_(horse))||[John Hawkes](/source/John_Hawkes_(horseman)) |- |1997||[Australian Derby](/source/Australian_Derby)||Ebony Grove||[Graeme Rogerson](/source/Graeme_Rogerson) |- |1997||[Doomben 10,000](/source/Doomben_10%2C000)||Accomplice||[John Hawkes](/source/John_Hawkes_(horseman)) |- |1997||[Newmarket Handicap](/source/Newmarket_Handicap)||Ruffles||M Lees |- |1997||[AJC Sires Produce Stakes](/source/Sires'_Produce_Stakes_(ATC))||Encounter||C Connors |- |1997||[Tancred Stakes](/source/Tancred_Stakes)||[Octagonal](/source/Octagonal_(horse))||[John Hawkes](/source/John_Hawkes_(horseman)) |- |1998||[Sydney Cup](/source/Sydney_Cup)||Tie The Knot||G Walter |- |1998||[Brisbane Cup](/source/Brisbane_Cup)||Praise Indeed||N McBurney |- |1998||[Adelaide Cup](/source/Adelaide_Cup)||The Hind||P C Hayes |- |1999||[Australian Oaks](/source/Australian_Oaks)||Grand Archway|| |- |2000||[Australian Oaks](/source/Australian_Oaks)||Coco Cobanna||[Gai Waterhouse](/source/Gai_Waterhouse) |- |2004||[Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup](/source/Hong_Kong_Champions_%26_Chater_Cup) || Super Kid||[John Size](/source/John_Size) |- |} ==See also== * [Thoroughbred racing in Australia](/source/Thoroughbred_racing_in_Australia) * [Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand](/source/Thoroughbred_racing_in_New_Zealand) ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dye, Shane}} Category:1966 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand jockeys Category:Australian jockeys Category:Australian Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame inductees Category:New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame inductees Category:Sportspeople from Matamata {{NewZealand-horseracing-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Shane Dye](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Dye) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_Dye?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.