He left the jockey colony as the winner of 4,450 races, including 362 stakes and 25 Grade 1 events.
Unfortunately, the bush circuit's jockey colony isn't what it used to be.
Perhaps the only surprise was that Frankel spread some of his good fortune around the jockey colony.
Smith arrived in New York this year as an apprentice but quickly became one of the stars of the jockey colony.
Calder's jockey colony is reflective of the diversity of Miami.
Thoroughbred racing needs to focus on its most precious commodity: the jockey colony.
The jockey colony, likewise, gets deeper.
As at 2009, Samyn is the dean of New York's jockey colony.
He worked out horses but never got a mount, which is not unusual for the toughest jockey colony in the country.
Almost all of Desormeaux's 597 victories, 51 more than Chris McCarron's 1975 record total, came in Maryland, where he dominates the jockey colony.