michael earl smith was the jockey that rode justify in the kentucky derby.
michael earl smith was the jockey that rode justify in the kentucky derby.
who was the jockey that rode justify in the kentucky derby?
michael earl smith
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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 26 breeders' cup wins. smith is also the second leading jockey of all time in earnings with over $312 million. in 2018, smith rode justify to the triple crown, becoming the oldest jockey to win the title at age 52.









































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mike e. smith
day stated, "easy goer was the best horse i ever rode." day has ridden winners of u.s. triple crown races nine times, ranking him well behind eddie arcaro's 17 wins in triple crown races as well as bill shoemaker's 11, while tied with gary stevens, bill hartack and earl sande's 9 each. however, day had a poor kentucky derby record with only one win in twenty two tries. some of day's losses on top horses in the kentucky derby included easy goer, forty niner, summer squall, demon's begone, rampage, corporate report, tabasco cat, timber country, prince of thieves, favorite trick, ten most wanted and in 1999 he rode menifee, who finished second behind charismatic in both the kentucky derby and the preakness stakes. pat day's first and only kentucky derby victory was aboard lil e. tee, who in 1992 scored one of the biggest upsets in the history of the kentucky derby. on the day of that 1992 kentucky derby, future belmont stakes and breeders' cup classic winner a.p. indy was forced to scratch from the race due to a foot injury. the heavy favorite in that 1992 kentucky derby was american champion two-year-old colt and breeders' cup juvenile winner arazi, who was coming into the race after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to remove chip fractures from the top joint of both knees.
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