Tommy Smith (jockey), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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American jockey
Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1937
Date of Death: 05-Mar-2013
Profession: jockey
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About 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.
- 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.
- 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).
- Despite these successes, Smith quit jockeying in 1966 and began a career in the health-care industry.After his retirement in 1995, Smith moved to Maryland and started training thoroughbreds.
- Unfortunately, a riding accident in 2001 left him a quadriplegic.
- He died in 2013.
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