Barbara Smith

1972 - 1988

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Statistics

Lifetime
Races Wins Place Show
2007 209 205 230
1972
26 2 3 1
1973
234 31 28 26
1974
258 29 42 29
1975
454 50 43 59
1976
443 36 40 45
1977
196 21 17 21
1978
237 31 22 38
1979
114 5 8 10
1980
28 2 2 0
1982
15 2 0 1
1983
1 0 0 0
1988
1 0 0 0
Tracks Ridden
Suffolk Downs
Waterford Park
Rockingham Park
Lincoln Downs
Calder Race Course
Narragansett Park
Hialeah Park
Wyoming Downs
BIOGRAPHY

On October 29, 1972 Barbara Smith, crossed the finish line first aboard Nobody Cares, but she never got her picture taken. In was was called a marginal foul, she was disqualified and placed second. A couple of weeks later she would score with the same horse at Lincoln Downs, November 18, 1972. Her first of over 200 victories.

In a career that spanned sixteen years, most of her riding was done in New England, mostly as Suffolk Downs She was a multiple placed stakes jockey, over a career that had over 2,000 starts. Her final ride, on June 11, 1988 came far from her home base of New England. She would ride a maiden, Tap a Magic at far away Wyoming Downs.  

SCRAPBOOK

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Suffolk Downs June 7, 1982
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