Aslam Kader (born 9 December 1962,

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

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jockey A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...

. Kader has ridden over 1700 winning horses, including 75 wins in classic horse races over his two-decade career. Aslam Kader has won the Champion Jockeys title at every racing centre in India. He has won the title nine times at the Bangalore Center and thrice in Mumbai. He holds the record for having ridden the maximum of numbers in one season at Mumbai, which stands at 77. In September 2003, Kader fractured his collarbone due to a fall in a

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race track incident. He later attempted to make a comeback but was unsuccessful, and had to retire. In 2005, he took part in an exhibition match-race, titled `Clash of Legends' in Mumbai, where riding horse Live Legend, he beat

Pesi Shroff Pesi Shroff (b. 1965) is a former India, Indian champion jockey. He has ridden 5614 races and won 1,751 of them including 106 classic races and 29 Derbys. Born to a Parsis, Parsi family, he began his career at 16 years old when he was licensed to ...

, who was riding, Sail Away.

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Aslam Kader
profile at IndiaRace.com Indian jockeys 1962 births Living people Sportspeople from Mumbai Indian male equestrians Equestrians from Maharashtra {{India-equestrian-bio-stub