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Christopher Wiley Antley was a champion American jockey.
He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida but grew up in Elloree, South Carolina. He left school at sixteen to ride horses professionally at Pimlico Race Course 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 at the age of 18 was the United States Champion Jockey by wins with 469.
In the late 1980s Antley spent time in a substance abuse clinic. In 1987 he became the first rider to win 9 races on 9 different horses in a single day and in 1989 when he won at least one race a day for 64-days straight.
In 1990 Antley moved to California and in 1991 he rode Strike the Gold to victory in the Kentucky Derby. In 1997 he temporarily retired to deal with weight and drug problems. In 1999 Antley returned to ride the D. Wayne Lukas trained Charismatic, winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes that year.
In the 1999 Belmont Stakes, the horse Charismatic, finishing third in the race, had injured his leg in the stretch run. Antley jumped off the horse after the finish line and attempted to hold the horse's leg in place while the horse limped. The horse recovered following surgery.
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