Mike Smith, Julie Krone, and Jerry Bailey Signed 1994 Post Parade.

Mike Smith (born 1965), Julie Krone (born 1963), and Jerry Bailey (born 1957) are three of the most decorated and historically significant jockeys in the history of American thoroughbred racing, each inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and each having left an indelible mark on the sport across careers of extraordinary achievement. Krone, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, made history in 1993 as the first and still only female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she rode Colonial Affair to victory in the Belmont Stakes, and in 2000 became the first woman inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, accumulating 3,704 career victories. Bailey, widely regarded as one of the greatest jockeys of all time, won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey seven times between 1995 and 2003 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995, riding such legendary horses as Cigar, Grindstone, and Empire Maker while setting the record of 216 Grade 1 victories that stood until it was surpassed by Mike Smith. Smith, inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2003, has won over 5,794 races with purse earnings of more than $356 million, broke Bailey's Grade 1 record in December 2019, and is the all-time leader in Breeders' Cup victories, having piloted two Triple Crown winners in Justify and such celebrated champions as Zenyatta, Arrogate, and Songbird across a career spanning more than four decades and representing the longest sustained excellence of the three.