HE is nicknamed 'Big Money' for his genius in the saddle but stands just 5ft 4ins. Meet Mike Smith, the legendary 56-year-old rider who was engaged to one of the world's most beautiful people and ...

Smith has been fortunate away from the track, too. He recently got engaged to a woman he says didn't know who he was when they met. The couple plans to wed in January.

Walking into Belmont Park is like old home week for Mike Smith. The jockey knows the vast track with its sweeping turns like the back of his hand. Fans who remember him from his successful years ...

Smith wasn't hurt, but his horse ran on and sustained a compound fracture. Prairie Bayou was euthanized. "I often think of him," Smith said. "I miss him a lot." Smith began riding in New York in 1989.

Jockey Mike Smith back on familiar turf at Belmont Thu., June 7, 2018. ... He recently got engaged to a woman he says didn’t know who he was when they met. The plan to wed in January.

NEW YORK (AP) — Walking into Belmont Park is like old home week for Mike Smith. The jockey knows the vast track with its sweeping turns like the back of his hand. Fans who remember him from his ...

Belmont Park is the site of one of the jockey’s saddest days in racing. In the 1993 Belmont, Smith was aboard Preakness winner Prairie Bayou. The gelding was running 10th of 13 horses on the ...