Born in New Zealand on 26/9/1966, champion jockey Shane Dye has been labeled racings “golden boy” and is regarded as the greatest tactical jockey in the world. His record speaks for itself. After becoming NZ’s champion apprentice in 1983–1985, he moved to Australia in 1985. He was NSW leading jockey in 1990–1991 and again in 1996–1997, also landing himself two Sydney premierships. Shane has ridden 93 Group One winners and over 300 Group or Listed Race winners, including the Melbourne Cup in 1989, four consecutive Golden Slippers from 1989–1992, the Cox Plate in 1995, 4 Derby winners and 9 Oaks winners. He is the first rider in fourteen years to ride one hundred winners in a Sydney season. Shane has ridden winners totaling more than seven million dollars in stake money in the one season. To top this all off, he is currently the leading rider in Hong Kong, where he lives presently.

Shane has had two nasty falls in his career resulting in broken vertebrae in his neck and back, fortunately not resulting in spinal cord injury. The second such injury was in Hong Kong which kept him from riding for 3 months. He is proud and happy to be appointed SCA’s latest Patron and is only too willing to support us in our pursuit of a cure for spinal cord injury.

SCA welcomes Shane to our long list of sporting and celebrity patrons and looks forward to his kind support and contribution.

by Gary Allsop - Honorary Director