SHOEMAKER’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Career accomplishments of jockey Bill Shoemaker, who made the final ride of his career in the fifth race Saturday at Santa Anita--a fourth-place finish aboard Patchy Groundfog.

* Career mounts: 40,350

* Career victories: 8,833

* Career seconds: 6,136

* Career thirds: 4,987

* Career earnings: $123,375,524

* Most victories in season: Set record with 485 victories in 1953. The previous record was 390. Shoemaker’s mark broken in 1973 when Sandy Hawley rode 515 winners.

* Times leading in victories in a season: Led the nation’s riders five times: 1950 (388 wins, tied with Joe Culmone); 1953 (485); 1954 (380); 1958 (300); 1959 (347).

* Stakes victories in season: Led the nation’s riders 14 times: 1958 (36); 1959 (29); 1961 (25); 1962 (38); 1963 (32); 1964 (34); 1966 (37); 1967 (38); 1971 (46); 1975 (29); 1976 (30); 1977 (30); 1980 (35) and 1981 (31).

* Career stakes victories: Holds the world record of 1,009. Of those races, 286 were valued at $100,000 or more.

* Purse earnings in season: Led the nation’s riders 10 times: 1951 ($1,329,890); 1953 ($1,784,187); 1954 ($1,876,760); 1958 ($2,961,693); 1959 ($2,843,133); 1960 ($2,123,961); 1961 ($2,690,819); 1962 ($2,916,844); 1963 ($2,526,925); 1964 ($2,649,553).

* Hall of Fame: Elected in 1958.

* Eclipse Awards: Outstanding Jockey (1981), Award of Merit (1981) and a Special Award (for outstanding contributions to racing) (1976).

* Kentucky Derby winners: 1955 (Swaps); 1959 (Tomy Lee); 1965 (Lucky Debonair); 1986 (Ferdinand).

* Preakness Stakes winners: 1963 (Candy Spots); 1967 (Damascus).

* Belmont Stakes winners: 1957 (Gallant Man); 1959 (Sword Dancer); 1962 (Jaipur); 1967 (Damascus); 1975 (Avatar).

* Hollywood Gold Cup winners: 1956 (Swaps) 1957 (Round Table); 1958 (Gallant Man); 1971 (Ack Ack); (1973) Kennedy Road; 1974 (Tree of Knowledge); 1978 (Exceller); 1987 (Ferdinand).

* Santa Anita Handicap winners: 1954 (Rejected); 1955 (Poona II); 1958 (Round Table); 1961 (Prove It); 1966 (Lucky Debonair); 1967 (Pretense); 1971 (Ack Ack); 1975 (Stardust Mel); 1980 (Spectacular Bid); 1982 (John Henry); 1985 (Lord At War).

* Horses of the Year ridden: Swaps (1956), Sword Dancer (1959), Damascus (1967), Ack Ack (1971), Spectacular Bid (1980), John Henry (1981) and Ferdinand (1987).