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Mike Smith A Legendary Jockey From Dexter
The profile highlights Mike Smith the famed jockey from Dexter with early starts in Enchantment and Santa Fe, major wins including Blue Grass Stakes titles, a 1997 Queen Elizabeth handshake moment, and a peak $130 million career earnings. It notes a 1998 New York spill nearly ending his career, his reliance on prayer, and his 2000 George Woolf Award peer vote. It also covers his mentor D Wayne Lukas, Derby hopes at Churchill Downs, and his unfinished schooling shaping his career.
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