Chris Antley

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Christopher Antley (January 6, 1966 - December 2, 2000) was a successful American jockey.

He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at 16 to ride horses professionally 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 by the age of 18 he was the number one jockey in the United States with 469 wins.

In the late 1980s Antley spent time in a substance abuse clinic, but still had record breaking seasons in 1987 (9 different horses to wins on Halloween) and in 1989 when he won at least one race a day for 64-days straight.

In 1990 Antley moved to California and was successful throughout the 1990s until 1997 when he temporarily retired to deal with weight and drug problems. In 1999 he returned to ride the D. Wayne Lukas trained Charismatic, winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes that year.

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. Later, blood toxicology reports showed he had four different drugs and the homicide investigation was dropped.

Chris Antley is interred in the Bookhart Cemetery in Elloree, South Carolina, the town he considered his home.