Pesi Shroff is a former Indian champion jockey. He has ridden 5,614 races and won 1,751 of them, including 106 classic races and 29 Derbys. Born to a Parsi family, he began his career at 16 years old when he was licensed to ride by the Royal Western India Turf Club in Mumbai in 1981. He won his first race on My Squaw.