{"id":29479,"date":"2026-05-02T23:02:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=29479"},"modified":"2026-05-02T23:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T23:02:38","slug":"what-to-know-about-jockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=29479","title":{"rendered":"What to know about jockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\">\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\">\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">Celebrate the 2026 Kentucky Derby with a mint julep mocktail<\/p>\n<p>Learn what goes into a traditional mint julep and how to make a lemonade and ginger beer mocktail version everyone can enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Before the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/horses\/triple\/derby\/2026\/05\/02\/kentucky-derby-updates-odds-horses-picks-results--live\/89891236007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 Kentucky Derby<\/a> started on Saturday, May 2, jockeys received a command to mount up from someone who had been in their shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courier-journal.com\/story\/sports\/horses\/triple\/derby\/2017\/05\/02\/kentucky-derby-2017-pat-day-celebrates-25th-anniversary-derby-win-lil-e-tee\/307482001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the legendary jockey who won the 1992 Kentucky Derby aboard longshot Lil E. Tee,<\/a> delivered the traditional &#8220;Riders Up&#8221; call in the Churchill Downs paddock ahead of this year&#8217;s Derby.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Riders Up&#8221; call is typically reserved for celebrities who don&#8217;t necessarily have direct ties to horse racing. But it&#8217;s a fittingly iconic honor for Day, who still holds every career jockey record at Churchill Downs and is depicted in a life-sized bronze statue at the racetrack.<\/p>\n<p>The statue recreates a famous photo of Day taken immediately after his Derby win, when the jockey stood in his bright red, polka-dotted silk with his arms outstretched and thanked God.<\/p>\n<p>Day rode in the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/kentucky-derby\/\" data-autotag=\"6f061ad5-8b6b-4791-a971-69159af737fa\">Kentucky Derby<\/a> a total of 22 times in his career, but his only victory was in his 10th start. Day&#8217;s 1992 win with Lil E. Tee, a horse trained by Lynn Whiting, is considered one of the biggest upsets in Derby history.<\/p>\n<p>Barn 18\u00a0at Churchill Downs has a commemorative sign that reads, &#8220;Home of 1992 Kentucky Derby Winner Lil E. Tee.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Day has been open about how his faith helped him overcome struggles with alcoholism early in his jockey career. He became a born-again Christian in 1984, two years after his first Kentucky Derby mount.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/horses\/triple\/derby\/2026\/05\/01\/kentucky-derby-field-odds-horses-latest\/89875797007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Latest Kentucky Derby odds and full field at Churchill Downs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Day was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991.\u00a0He also has a Kentucky Derby undercard race named after him, the Pat Day Mile, a Grade II stakes race with a $600,000 purse.<\/p>\n<p>After he retired from racing, Day became a spokesperson for the Race Track Chaplaincy of America. Now 72, Day lives in Louisville and remains involved with Churchill Downs and the horse racing community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/horses\/triple\/derby\/2026\/05\/02\/pat-day-calls-riders-up-at-kentucky-derby-what-to-know-about-jockey\/89910756007\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate the 2026 Kentucky Derby with a mint julep mocktail Learn what goes into a traditional mint julep and how to make a lemonade and ginger beer mocktail version everyone can enjoy. 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