Fred A. Smith (c. 1913 – June 28, 1951) was aCuban Americanjockey inThoroughbred horse racing best remembered for narrowly missing victory in the 1940U.S. Triple Crown.

Born inCamagüey,Cuba, Freddy Smith rode and won at racetracks across the United States. He had his best years in 1939 and 1940. Although he won the 1939Metropolitan Handicap aboardJoseph Widener's colt, Knickerbocker, he had the greatest success of his career that same year ridingCol. Edward Bradley's futureHall of Fame colt,Bimelech. Smith was the leading jockey atChicago'sArlington Park in 1940, and in 1942 won theArlington Handicap aboard Rounders, defeating 1941 Triple Crown winner,Whirlaway.

Freddy Smith rode Bimelech toAmerican Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors in 1939, winning theSaratoga Special Stakes, theHopeful Stakes and both theBelmont andPimlico Futuritys. In Bimelech's three-year-old season, Smith guided the colt to victory in the 1940Blue Grass Stakes andDerby Trial Stakes but after bettors made them the overwhelming favorite, they finished second in the1940 Kentucky Derby. Smith was criticized for his riding and admitted he had made a tactical mistake that may have caused the loss. Smith and Bimelech went on to easily win thePreakness andBelmont Stakes and the colt was voted 1940'sAmerican Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.

During the 1940s, Freddy Smith won other important races but on June 28, 1951, the thirty-eight-year-old jockey died after he was thrown from his horse in the eighth race atHollywood Park Racetrack inInglewood, California.

• August 2, 1942New York Times article on Rounders' defeat of Whirlaway
• June 29, 1951Los Angeles Times article titledJockey Freddy Smith Dies After Race Spill

• 1910s births
• 1951 deaths
• American jockeys
• Jockeys who died while racing
• Cuban emigrants to the United States
• Sportspeople from Camagüey

• Year of birth uncertain