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earned his license at age 16
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his first winner in Barbados was a two-year-old named Noble Run
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riding career soon came to a halt when he was involved in a nasty accident where he sustained a major shoulder injury
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therapy to rehabilitate the shoulder was unsuccessful and he flew to Toronto in 1987 for surgery to repair the damage
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after a 10-month absence, Slade returned to the racetrack in Barbados and won his first race back
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competed in Barbados until 1993, before coming to see his brother Brett ride at Woodbine
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"fell in love" with the Toronto oval and decided to stay
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first winner in Canada came at Fort Erie aboard a three-year-old named Roccoski on May 8, 1994
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breakthrough season came in 1999 winning 60 races and six stakes...during 1999, Slade guided Great Defender to a then track record mark of 1:08.17 for six furlongs
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followed up in 2000 with a 48-win year despite missing a month with a fractured vertebrae
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made a memorable comeback winning the New Providence Stakes with Matter of Courage
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Slade teamed with Incitatus, a horse bred and trained by connections from his homeland of Barbados, to win three stakes in 1999 and 2000
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recorded 43 wins in 2001
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in 2002, finished 10th (tied with fellow countryman Jono Jones) with 54 wins
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piloted Portcullis to three consecutive stakes scores (Charley Barley, Toronto Cup and Breeders' Stakes) and year-end Sovereign honours as the nation's top turf male
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won four added-money events in 2002
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won the final race of the 2002 Woodbine thoroughbred meet aboard Devil's Scripture, a 50-1 longshot that paid $103.10 to win
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in 2003, Slade topped the $2-million mark in earnings for the fifth consecutive year
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guided Sam-Son Farm's Colorful Judgement to victory in the Chief Bearhart Stakes in 2003
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in 2004, Slade put together his best year at the Toronto oval, a campaign that featured career-best marks in wins (67), purse earnings ($3,657,536) and ranking (t-6th)
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other highlights included a victory with Colorful Judgement in the Grade 2 Sky Classic Stakes and a rousing second-place finish with Burst of Fire behind A Bit O'Gold in the Breeders' Stakes, third and final jewel in the Canadian Triple Crown Series
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topped the $20-million mark in career earnings in 2004
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won six of nine races, hitting the board in two others, at Fort Erie
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in 2005, won f ive stakes races in 2005, including the Vigil and Bold Venture with Judiths Wild Rush and the Cup & Saucer with Pyramid Park
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also captured the South Ocean with La Gran Marilyn and the Frost King with Bad Hat
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notched his 500th Woodbine win
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won more races and ranked higher than his 2005 season
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in 2006, had 13 more top-three finishes than in 2005
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his 8.09 average win odds ($16.18 profit per $2 win wager) was tops among top 15 riders
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19 wins came in sprints, 15 in routes, including five on the E.P. Taylor Turf Course
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won the Incitatus Cup with Archeress on Barbados Day at Woodbine
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won the Simcoe Stakes with Don’s Folly
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average win odds of 8.23 translated into a payout of $18.46 per $2 win wager
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recorded 10 two-year-old wins, ranking him eighth in the category
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earned his first stakes win aboard two-year-old Judith's Wild One in the 1996 Colin
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recorded multiple stakes wins with Incitatus (both graded) and Vorticity
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has two thirds of a career Triple Tiara (Seeking The Ring in the 2003 Bison City at Fort Erie and Misty Mission, who denied Catch the Ring a sweep of the series in the 2000 Wonder Where)
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won the prestigious, Grade 1, $1-million Woodbine Mile with Rahy’s Attorney
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in 2008, partnered Rahy’s Attorney to victory in the Grade 3 Connaught Cup and the pair contested the Mile Championship at Kyoto, Japan on November 23
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won 44 races (26 sprints, 18 routes) up from 33 in 2007
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increased his purse earnings by over $1-million, to $2,792,741
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ranked 13th, up seven spots from 2007