July 23, 1996(1996-07-23) (aged 65) Cherry Hill, New Jersey, U.S.
Career wins
3,000+
Major racing wins
Garden State Stakes (1950, 1965) Monmouth Handicap (1950) Ocean City Handicap (1951) Gotham Stakes (1955) Miss Woodford Stakes (1958) Sport Page Handicap (1958) Wilson Handicap (1958) Monmouth Oaks (1959) Salvator Mile Handicap (1957, 1963, 1964) Barbara Fritchie Handicap (1962) Marguerite Stakes (1963) Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (1966) Bay Shore Handicap (1968) Swift Stakes (1968)
Racing awards
United States Co-Champion Jockey by wins (1950)
Significant horses
Greek Ship
Joseph Culmone (May 13, 1931 – July 23, 1996) was an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred racing.
Culmone was born in Delia, Sicily, where he lived in a farming area and learned to ride horses. His mother died during World War II and in 1946 he emigrated to the United States to join his father in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He began working as a stable hand and exercise rider at the Atlantic City Race Course and embarked on his jockey career at Tropical Park Race Track in Florida in late 1948. A year later, he was meeting with great success as an apprentice rider, scoring back-to-back triple wins on racecards at Tropical Park in December 1949.[1] In 1950 Culmone tied the great Bill Shoemaker for the most wins of any jockey in the United States with 388, a total that equaled a forty-four-year-old world record set by Walter Miller in 1906.[2]
Culmone worked as a contract rider for the famous Brookmeade Stable and also rode for noted owners such as Calumet Farm and Harry Z. Isaacs. During his career, he competed primarily at racetracks from New York along the Eastern Seaboard to Florida and at Oriental Park Racetrack in Cuba. He rode five winners on a single racecard several times and on November 27, 1950 won six races on a single card at Bowie Race Track.[3] In the U.S. Triple Crown series, Culmone had five rides in the Preakness Stakes with his best finish a sixth in 1957 and again in 1964.
Retired from racing in 1972, Joe Culmone died in 1996 at age 65 at his home in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.[4]
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^Staff. "Joseph Culmone Sr., 65, a Hall of Fame jockey", The Baltimore Sun, July 28, 1996. Accessed January 1, 2018. "Joseph Culmone Sr., 65, a Hall of Fame jockey who rode Prince Siam to a $311,000 first-place finish in the Garden State Stakes in 1965, died of natural causes Tuesday at his Cherry Hill, N.J. home."
Joseph Culmone (May 13, 1931 – July 23, 1996) was an American Champion jockey in the sport of Thoroughbred racing. Culmone was born in Delia, Sicily,...
November 15, 1950. p. 17. Retrieved April 21, 2024 – via newspapers.com. "Culmone Wins Hickok Award". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. AP. December...
Racing Hall of Fame inductees, as well as Eddie Belmonte, Álvaro Pineda, JoeCulmone, Ruperto Donoso, Glen Brogan and Heliodoro Gustines. In 1973, Marin told...
Norman R. McLeod Mrs. Wallace Gilroy 11⁄16 1:45.80 $42,516 1963 Is Ours 2 JoeCulmone Edward I. Kelly Sr. Brookfield Farm 11⁄16 1:46.60 $26,884 1962 Wise Nurse...
John Adams 485 1952 Anthony DeSpirito 390 1951 Charlie Burr 310 1950 JoeCulmone (tie) 388 1950 Bill Shoemaker (tie) 388 1949 Gordon Glisson 270 1948...
York. Retrieved 5 June 2020. "Kentucky Derby prep winners" (PDF). Nichols, Joe (8 April 1973). "Secretariat Equals Mark At Aqueduct, Pays $2.20". The New...
Baeza Edward A. Neloy Wheatley Stable 8.5 F 1:44.20 1965 Prince Saim JoeCulmone Al Pepino Pepino brothers 8.5 F 1.42.80 1964 Sadair Manuel Ycaza Les...
Ussery Chester Ross Mrs. Jules Schwartz 16.30-1 6th 143⁄4 1 Inswept JoeCulmone Frank A. Bonsal Roslyn Farm 20.60-1 7th 263⁄4 7 Federal Hill Willie Carstens...
and Cuban-born Avelino Gomez. With American racetracks closed, jockey JoeCulmone, contract rider for Brookmeade Stable, won three races at Oriental Park...
Age Jockey Trainer Owner Dist. (Furlongs) (Miles) Time 1958 Nahodah 5 JoeCulmone Frank A. Bonsal Montpelier Stable 6 f 1:10.40 1957 Jovial Jove 4 Sam...
Cohen 1:38.80 1964 Inbalance 6 JoeCulmone Edward I. Kelly Sr. Brookfield Farm 1:37.00 1963 Dedimoud 4 JoeCulmone Eddie Yowell Bruce S. Campbell 1:36...
Wozneski B and G Stable (Frank A. Benner & Norman C. Galbraith) 50-1 8th 4 7 Go Lightly JoeCulmone James McGee Roslyn Stable (Gough W. Thompson) 30-1...
Frank A. Bonsal Mrs. Henry L. Straus 11⁄2 2:30.20 1951 Going Away 5 JoeCulmone Preston M. Burch Brookmeade Stable 11⁄2 2:31.60 1950 Chicle II 5 Hedley...
Rogers Judy Johnson Tri Colour Stable 28.70-1 8th 141/4 8 Martins Jig JoeCulmone Robert L. Beall Mildred L. Beall 87.60-1 9th 151/4 9 Ringmaster Phil...
Sr. E. B. Ryan John A. Manfuso 6 F 1:10.80 $29,000 1962 Call Card 5 JoeCulmone Horace A. Jones Calumet Farm 7 F 1:25.60 $29,000 1961 Sun Glint 4 Johnny...
Charles R. Parke Fred W. Hooper 1-1/8 m 1:49.40 $57,900 1959 Royal Native JoeCulmone Kenny Noe Sr. Perne L. Grissom 1-1/8 m 1:50.60 $55,000 1958 A Glitter...
Nickerson Elmendorf Farm 7 furlongs 1:24.20 $22,425 Division 1 Clever Foot JoeCulmone Bernard P. Bond Mrs. Bernard P. Bond 1:26.00 $22,425 Division 2 1967...
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