Tommy Smith (jockey)

Crompton Smith better known as Tommy Smith (16 October 1937 in Middleburg, Virginia – 5 March 2013 in Upperco, Maryland) was an American jockey.[1][2] He is best remembered as the first American jockey to win the prestigious Grand National steeplechase race while riding a horse born and trained in the United States.[1] He accomplished the feat in 1965 with Jay Trump. A few months later, the same horse-jockey combination finished third in another important race: the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris. Other notable wins by the pair includes three victories in the Maryland Hunt Cup (1963, 1964 and 1966).[2] Despite these successes, Smith quit jockeying in 1966 and began a career in the health-care industry.[1]

After his retirement in 1995, Smith moved to Maryland and started training thoroughbreds.[2] Unfortunately, a riding accident in 2001 left him a quadriplegic.[1] He died in 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tommy Smith: Jockey involved in one of the greatest finishes to the Grand National". The Independent. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Tommy Smith, who won British Grand National on Jay Trump, dies". The Washington Post. March 7, 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

Bibliography

The will to win : the true story of Tommy Smith and Jay Trump. Jane McIlvaine McClary (1966). OCLC 1354125

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