Chris Antley

Chris Antley
Chris Antley
Occupation Jockey
Born January 6, 1966(1966-01-06)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida,
United States
Died December 2, 2000(2000-12-02) (aged 34)
Career wins 3480
Major racing wins, honours and awards
Major racing wins

Cornhusker Handicap (1987)
Gazelle Handicap (1987)
Lawrence Realization Stakes (1988)
Manhattan Handicap (1988)
Monmouth Oaks (1988)
Oceanport Handicap (1988)
Wood Memorial Stakes (1988)
Gotham Stakes (1988)
Bold Ruler Handicap (1988, 1990)
Excelsior Breeders' Cup Handicap (1990)
Carter Handicap (1990)
Morris Handicap (1990, 1991)
Woodward Stakes (1990, 1999)
Blue Grass Stakes (1991)
Jamaica Handicap (1991)
Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (1991)
Alabama Stakes (1992)
Coaching Club American Oaks (1992)
Futurity Stakes (1992)
Garden City Breeders' Cup Handicap (1992)
Mother Goose Stakes (1992)
Hollywood Derby (1994)
Santa Anita Handicap (1994)
Acorn Stakes (1995)
Las Virgenes Stakes (1996)
Woodbine Mile (1997)
Poker Handicap (1997)
El Cajon Stakes (1999)
Jockey Club Gold Cup (1999)
Jerome Handicap (1999)

American Classic Race:
Kentucky Derby (1991, 1999)
Preakness Stakes (1999)
Racing awards
United States Champion Jockey by wins (1985)
NTRA "Moment of the Year" (1999)
Significant horses
Strike the Gold, Charismatic, Forestry

Christopher Wiley Antley (January 6, 1966 – December 2, 2000) was a champion American jockey.

He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. His first win was on a horse named Vaya Con Dinero. Soon, he left Maryland to race in New York and New Jersey and at the age of 18 was the United States Champion Jockey by wins with 469.

In the late 1980s Antley spent time in a substance abuse clinic. In 1987 he became the first rider to win 9 races on 9 different horses in a single day[1] and in 1989 when he won at least one race a day for 64-days straight.

In 1990 Antley moved to California and in 1991 he rode Strike the Gold to victory in the Kentucky Derby. In 1997 he temporarily retired to deal with weight and drug problems. In 1999 Antley returned to ride the D. Wayne Lukas trained Charismatic, winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes that year.

In the 1999 Belmont Stakes, the horse Charismatic, finishing third in the race, had injured his leg in the stretch run. Antley jumped off the horse after the finish line and attempted to hold the horse's leg in place while the horse limped. The horse recovered following surgery.[2]

A stock market player, Chris Antley wrote an investor newsletter he called "The Antman Report." During the week leading up to the 1999 Belmont Stakes, he was invited to ring the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

In December 2000, Antley was found dead on the floor of his Pasadena, California home. The cause of death was severe blunt force trauma and was investigated by police as a homicide.[3] Later, the coroner's report concluded that Antley had died of multiple drug overdose and the injuries were likely related to a fall caused by the drugs.[4]

Chris Antley is interred in the Bookhart Cemetery in Elloree, South Carolina, the town he considered his home. Shortly after his death, his wife, Natalie Jowett, a former ABC Sports employee, gave birth to their daughter, Violet Grace Antley.

References

  1. ^ 2000 Sports Calendar of Events: The Day by Day Directory to Local ... By Steve Gietschier Contemporary Books, 1999. ISBN 0809226006, 9780809226009 p. 245.
  2. ^ In Service to the Horse: Chronicles of a Labor of Love By Susan Nusser. Little Brown. p. 55
  3. ^ Probe Into Antley's Death Continues The Washington Post Article. December 5, 2000
  4. ^ OVERDOSE OF DRUGS KILLED JOCKEY ANTLEY. AP. The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) January 12, 2001.

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