Records of Pesi Shroff on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Pesi Shroff and the Shroff Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shroff Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Shroff family tree.

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Some Famous People called Pesi Shroff

Pesi Shroff

Pesi Shroff (b 1965) is a former Indian champion jockey. He has ridden 5614 races and won 1,751 of them including 106 classic races and 29 Derbys. Born to a Parsi family, he began his career as a 16-year-old when he was licensed to ride by the Royal Western India Turf Club in Mumbai in the 1981 season. He won his first race on My Squaw.

Pesi had a long association with Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya having been a retainer for him for several years. Apart from Mallya, he has also ridden for leading owners of the Indian turf like M.A.M. Ramaswamy, Deepak Khaitan, and Khushroo Dhunjibhoy.

Till date, he is the only jockey to have piloted eight Derby winners at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mumbai and has ridden a classic winner in each of the five major racing centres of India.

On 31 October 2004, he retired from the profession to become a trainer.

Pesi is married to childhood sweetheart Tina (sister of Karl Umrigar) with whom he has two children, Yohann and Anya. He also likes to play golf and is a cricket fan.

Source: Pesi Shroff, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Shroff

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