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. 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.MAURITIUS: Shane Dye Accepts Riding Contract , 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. , "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.

Year Race Horse Trainer(s)1984Avondale Cup (G1)Cariere J W Morris1989Golden Slipper StakesCourtza R S McDonald1989Blue Diamond StakesCourtzaR S McDonald 1989 Melbourne Cup Tawriffic Lee Freedman 1990Brisbane CupShuzohraE Skelton 1990Golden Slipper Stakes Canny Lad R G Hore-Lacy 1991Golden Slipper StakesTierceClarry Conners1991H E Tancred StakesDr GraceG Chapman1992AJC Sires Produce StakesBurstClarry Connors1992Golden Slipper Stakes BurstClarry Conners 1995Cox Plate Octagonal John Hawkes 1995Victoria DerbyNothin' Leica DaneGai Waterhouse1996 AJC Sires Produce StakesMerleneD L Freedman1997Adelaide CupCronusRoger James1997Australian CupOctagonalJohn Hawkes 1997Australian DerbyEbony GroveGraeme Rogerson1997Doomben 10,000AccompliceJohn Hawkes1997Newmarket HandicapRufflesM Lees1997AJC Sires Produce StakesEncounterC Connors1997Tancred StakesOctagonalJohn Hawkes1998Sydney CupTie The KnotG Walter1998Brisbane CupPraise IndeedN McBurney1998Adelaide CupThe HindP C Hayes1999Australian OaksGrand Archway2000Australian OaksCoco CobannaGai Waterhouse2004Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup Super KidJohn Size

See also

Thoroughbred racing in Australia Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand

References