José Santos was also one of the first of five top jockeys (the others were Jerry Bailey, John Velazquez, Gary Stevens, and Shane Sellers) to wear advertising patches in the Kentucky Derby, starting in 2004.
He also co-wrote the song "Matthew, Mark, Luke & Earnhardt", recorded by former jockey Shane Sellers.
After Skip Away was soundly defeated as a four-year-old by Formal Gold in the Philip H. Iselin Breeders' Cup Handicap at Monmouth Park and in the Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park, he was given a new rider, Jerry Bailey, who replaced Shane Sellers.
Peter Sellers | Shane Warne | Shane MacGowan | Shane Mosley | Shane Meadows | Shane | Piers Sellers | Shane Battier | Shane Watson | Shane Stone | Shane Jacobson | Shane Withington | Shane Williams | Shane West | James M. Sellers, Jr. | James M. Sellers | Brittany Shane | Alex Shane | Shane Smeltz | Shane Sellers | Shane McMahon | Shane Lynch | Shane Love | Shane Leslie | Shane Jones | Shane Gould | Shane Embury | Shane Douglas | Shane Crawford | Shane Bond |