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Michael Earl Smith (born August 10, 1965) is an American jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U.S. Thoroughbred racing since the early 1990s, was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2003 and has won the most Breeders' Cup races of any jockey with 27 victories. [2]
DEL MAR DEL MAR — Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith just missed in Saturday’s Pacific Classic. But the veteran picked up a pair of consolation prizes Monday afternoon as he rode the winners in...
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In December of 2019, Smith won his 217th Grade 1 race, breaking the record previously held by Hall of Famer Jerry Bailey. Through 2023, Smith has won 5,727 races with purse earnings of $348,841,314 (No. 3 all time) Achievements. Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey — 1993, 1994. Triple Crown Highlights. Won the 2005 Kentucky Derby — Giacomo
A crowd of 21,812, lured in part by music acts and trendy restaurants, sees a three-way photo finish in the day's $1 million race. Wathnan Racing’s Subsanador and jockey Mike Smith, right, win ...
Mike Smith will always be remembered as the jockey of Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year. Smith rode the superstar mare in 17 of her 20 races.
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, 59, won two major stakes – the Grade 2, $750,000 Eddie D. Stakes on the hillside turf course on First Peace, and the Grade 1, $1 million California Crown aboard ...
The victory landed Mandella and fellow Hall of Famer, jockey Mike Smith, in the winner’s circle, where Cher was part of the trophy presentation in front of 21,812. “It was pretty exciting,” Mandella said of meeting the singer and Oscar-winning actor. “Been a big fan all these years.”
Hall of Famer. All-time leading jockey in Breeders’ Cup history. Two-time Eclipse Award champion and Kentucky Derby (G1) winner. Regular rider of Hall of Famers from Azeri to Zenyatta. “Big Money Mike.” As that rapid-fire summary suggests, jockey Mike Smith has reached the pinnacle of the sport.
Smith guided Justify to a 2½-length victory over Good Magic in the 144th Run for the Roses at Churchill Downs and earned his second Derby victory. It was his first Derby win since 2005 with 50-1 longshot Giacomo. The 52-year-old Smith is the second-oldest Derby winner behind Bill Shoemaker, who rode Ferdinand to victory in 1986 at age 54.