Tom Pedulla presents five key takeaways from the $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park and other major developments from an action-packed weekend that featured four Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve qualifying races as well as the

When Justify completed his historic sweep of the Triple Crown on June 9, 2018, his veteran Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith received well-deserved praise for his part in guiding the colt to glory, becoming the oldest jockey in history to win the Triple Crown in the process.

But Smith is hardly the first veteran jockey to reap the rewards of a Triple Crown. In fact, there was once a jockey — the undisputed best in the country — who had earned such a high level of respect that he was called back from retirement to ride a Triple Crown winner. His name? Earl Sande.