Today's Thoroughbred Times reports that Racing Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens has retired from the saddle after a career spanning 26 years and will launch his new career as a race analyst with TVG in January.

Stevens' retires with victories in eight Triple Crown races, eight Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships races, and a record nine Santa Anita Derby (G1) triumphs. His three Kentucky Derby (G1) victories came aboard Winning Colors (1988) Thunder Gulch (1995) and Silver Charm (1997), whom he also rode to victory in the $5-million Dubai World Cup in 1998.

Stevens demonstrated skill from his first start which he won riding Lil Star at Les Bois Park in Boise, Idaho, on May 16, 1979.

Stevens recorded more than 5,000 victories during his career and earned more than $221-million in purses (which places him fifth on the all-time list of earnings by North American jockeys.) Many non-racing fans will also be familiar with Stevens after his role playing George Woolf in Seabiscuit.