Mike E. Smith

Tags: Jockey (Horse Racer).

Michael Earl Mike Smith (born August 10 1965 in Roswell New Mexico) is an American jockey who has been one of the leading riders in U.S. Thoroughbred racing since the early 1990s inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2003 and has won the most Breeders’ Cup races of any jockey.The son of a jockey Smith began riding races in his native New Mexico at age 11 and took out a jockey’s license at age 16 in 1982.

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award

Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey, ESPY Award, George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, Big Sport of Turfdom Award, Mike Venezia Memorial Award

birth date

1965-08-10

birth place

Roswell New Mexico, United States

honours

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

occupation

Jockey

race

Kentucky Derby, Travers Stakes, Breeders' Cup, Breeders' Cup Classic, Breeders' Cup Distaff, Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, Breeders' Cup Mile, Breeders' Cup Sprint, Breeders' Cup Turf, Santa Anita Derby, Arkansas Derby, Breeders' Stakes, Breeders' Cup Marathon, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, Belmont Stakes, Kentucky Oaks, Preakness Stakes, Hollywood Gold Cup, Queen's Plate, Cotillion Handicap, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Stakes, E. P. Taylor Stakes, Clement L. Hirsch, Santa Anita Handicap, San Fernando Stakes, Zenyatta Stakes, United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, Irish 2000 Guineas, Wood Memorial Stakes, Apple Blossom Handicap, Beldame Stakes, Blue Grass Stakes, Coaching Club American Oaks, Del Mar Oaks, Florida Derby, Frizette Stakes, Gazelle Stakes, Hollywood Derby, Las Virgenes Stakes, Manhattan Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, Mother Goose Stakes, Pacific Classic Stakes, Personal Ensign Stakes, Princess Rooney Handicap, Santa Anita Oaks, Shoemaker Mile Stakes, Spinster Stakes, Vanity Invitational Handicap, Vosburgh Stakes, Whitney Handicap, Woodward Stakes, Belmont Futurity Stakes, Jamaica Handicap, Just A Game Stakes, Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf, American_Oaks_Stakes

race horse

Azeri (horse), Thunder Gulch, Coronado's Quest, Bodemeister, Giacomo (horse), Skip Away, Holy Bull, Sky Beauty, Cherokee Run, Zenyatta, Mine That Bird, Vindication, Ajina, Drosselmeyer, Royal Delta, Palace Malice, Diego, Lure (horse), Awesome Again, Prairie Bayou, Unbridled's Song, Stardom Bound

wins

5134