Carroll H. Shilling
| Carroll Shilling | |
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Jockey Cal Shilling & Worth
1912 Kentucky Derby |
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| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | 1885 Texas, United States |
| Died | 1950 |
| Career wins | 969 |
| Major racing wins | |
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Aqueduct Handicap (1904, 1909) Breeders' Stakes (1908) Coronation Futurity Stakes (1908) King Edward Gold Cup (1908, 1911) Toronto Cup Handicap (1910) (1911) |
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| Racing awards | |
| United States Champion Jockey by earnings (1910) | |
| Honours | |
| United States' Racing Hall of Fame (1970) | |
| Significant horses | |
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Colin, King James, Fitz Herbert Worth, Inferno |
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Aqueduct Handicap (1904, 1909)
Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1907)
Alabama Stakes (1908, 1910)
Coronation Futurity Stakes (1908)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1908, 1910)
Metropolitan Handicap (1908)
Gazelle Handicap (1910)
Dwyer Stakes (1910)
Paumonok Handicap (1910)
Travers Stakes (1910)
Van Courtlandt Handicap (1910)
Belmont Futurity Stakes (1910)
Spinaway Stakes (1910)
American Classic Race wins:
Kentucky Derby (1912)
Carroll Hugh Shilling (1885–1950) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey. In his 1926 autobiography, "The Spell of the Turf," Hall of Fame trainer Sam Hildreth wrote that Shilling was the greatest rider he ever saw.
A native of Texas, Carroll Shilling was frequently referred to as "Cal." He began riding at an early age on bush tracks in the Southwestern United States and embarked on a professional riding career in 1904. The following year he moved to compete at racetracks in the New York and New Jersey areas. In 1910, he was the United States Champion Jockey by earnings. Shilling would also ride in Canada for the prominent stable owned by liquor magnate, Joseph E. Seagram, winning a number of important races including what became one of the Canadian Classic Races, the Breeders' Stakes.
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