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Barbara D. Livingston Mike Smith, who began riding in 1982, has won 5,804 races in North America. A Hall of Fame jockey will represent a Hall of Fame rider beginning at Del Mar this summer. Mike Smith ...

Mike Smith, the Hall of Fame jockey, arrived home in Southern California less than 24 hours after riding So Happy in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 2. “I just walked in the door actually,’’ Smith ...

Kentucky Derby contender So Happy’s chances to win at Churchill Downs are boosted with jockey Mike E. Smith on the saddle. Smith is one of the top jockeys of all-time with an impressive resume, ...

Editor's note: Follow coverage of the 2026 Kentucky Derby throughout the day. This story has also been updated with latest odds. Jockey Mike Smith is 59, which has not escaped the attention of his ...

Veteran jockey and two-time Kentucky Derby winner Mike Smith, shown here on April 24, will pilot 2026 Kentucky Derby hopeful So Happy on Saturday. Jockey Mike Smith is 59, which has not escaped the ...

Mike Smith is one of the most heralded jockeys in the 2026 Kentucky Derby field, which will have 20 horses go to post on Saturday, May 2 at Churchill Downs in Louisville. He will be aboard So Happy in ...

At the age of 59. jockey Mike Smith is still a player in the sport's most popular race, the Kentucky Derby. Smith, who grew up in Dexter, New Mexico, will be aboard So Happy on Saturday, May 2, in the ...

Mike Smith talks about it in a way that invokes a sort of magical quality. A jockey and his horse. The New Mexico native can’t help it. It’s natural. It’s more than the excitement or the adrenaline of ...

It was the first Saturday in May 1984, and a 17-year-old jockey named Mike Smith was on a flight from Omaha, Nebraska, to Louisville for his first ride in the Kentucky Derby. He had no idea how he was ...

Long ago, I internalized the definitive axiom of sportswriting: There’s no cheering in the press box. Yet here are the 10 reasons why I will be rooting, silently, for jockey Mike Smith to boot trainer ...