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Jerry Bailey (born August 29, 1957 in Dallas, Texas) is a leading American jockey. He began his racing career in 1974 with a win on his first mount, Fetch, at New Mexico's Sunland Park, and has gone on to win 5,892 races. Among his numerous wins, he can boast six victories in Triple Crown races and a record 15 wins in Breeders' Cup races, including five Breeders' Cup Classics. Three of his Breeders' Cup Classic wins were consecutive (1993-1995). Bailey is perhaps most famous among racing fans as the regular rider of 1990s great Cigar.

When the 2003 Thoroughbred racing Eclipse Awards were handed out on January 26, 2004, Jerry Bailey was proclaimed the outstanding jockey in North America for an unprecedented seventh time (1995–1997 and 2000–2003); in 1997 he had been the first jockey to win three consecutive Eclipse Awards.

Bailey was selected for the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, arguably the top lifetime achievement award for North American jockeys, in 1992. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1995.

He announced his retirement on January 19, 2006 at the age of 46 with his last race on January 28. His 5,892 wins which places him 15th on the all-time list, and his mounts have earned more than $295 million, good for second all time. Pat Day leads with nearly $298 million

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