(1990-01-12) January 12, 1990 (age 34) Terrytown, Louisiana, United States
Career wins
2,000 + (ongoing)
Major racing wins
Grade 1 Wins American Oaks Stakes (2011) Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (2011) Citation Handicap (2009) Clement L. Hirsch Memorial Turf Championship Stakes (2007) Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (2012, 2014) Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (2013) Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes (2016) Santa Anita Derby (2010) Santa Anita Handicap (2016) Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes (2012) Santa Maria Handicap (2009) Shoemaker Mile Stakes (2013, 2014) Starlet Stakes (2011, 2016) Triple Bend Handicap (2007, 2012) Vanity Stakes (2007, 2014) Wood Memorial Stakes (2009) Yellow Ribbon Stakes (2007) Landaluce Stakes (2010, 2011) Royal North Stakes (2010) Zenyatta Stakes (2018)
Breeders' Cup Wins Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (2009)
Racing awards
United States Champion Apprentice Jockey (2007)
Significant horses
Nashoba's Key, California Flag, Nownownow, I Want Revenge, Sidney's Candy, Caracortado
Joseph Talamo (born January 12, 1990, in Marrero, Louisiana) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
Born and raised in Marrero on the West Bank of the Mississippi River, within the Greater New Orleans Metropolitan area, Joe Talamo was influenced by a father who worked in horse racing as an assistant trainer. At age eleven, he began riding horses and worked as a stable boy. Like many successful Cajun jockeys before him, Talamo first raced at a bush track. His skills and desire was such that he decided to leave high school in order to pursue a professional riding career. He debuted at Louisiana Downs in June 2006 and went on to become the first apprentice jockey to win a riding title at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
In April 2007, during his breakout year fresh off his riding title at the Fair Grounds, Talamo moved to live in Playa del Rey, California, from where he competes primarily at race tracks in the southern part of the state. He was the second leading jockey in wins during the Hollywood Park Racetrack 2007 Spring/Summer meet. For 2007, he notably earned five Grade I Graded stakes race wins and was voted the Eclipse Award as the 2007 United States Champion Apprentice Jockey.
Joe Talamo has been the regular jockey on I Want Revenge who was the favorite to win the 2009 Kentucky Derby but the horse was scratched on the day of the race. He had said that if he wins the Derby, he is going to donate twenty-five percent of what he earns to the Children's Hospital of New Orleans that cares for all children, regardless of a family's ability to pay. [1]
Talamo was one of the jockeys featured Animal Planet's 2009 reality documentary, Jockeys.
He was invited by the Hong Kong Jockey Club to participate in the Cathay Pacific International Jockey Championship in December 2009.
He jockeyed atop Sidney's Candy in the 2010 Kentucky Derby. The horse finished in 17th place and out of the money.
He jockeyed atop Attachment Rate in the 2020 Kentucky Derby.[1]
^"Kentucky Derby 2020: Horses, jockeys, trainers competing in the race". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
JosephTalamo (born January 12, 1990, in Marrero, Louisiana) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Born and raised in Marrero on...
Biancone Diamond 100 Racing Club 1 mile 1:34.36 $100,750 2012 Dry Summer JosephTalamo Jeff Mullins Sam Britt & Michael House 1 mile 1:35.16 $100,000 Listed...
(2015) Most wins by a jockey 3 – Joel Rosario (2009, 2012, 2021) 3 – JosephTalamo (2014, 2018, 2019) Most wins by a trainer 3 – Peter L. Miller (2017...
the Flashy Ways who was trained by Richard Baltas and ridden by the JosephTalamo by 2+3⁄4 lengths in a time of 1:34.45. The event was included with a...
losing streak in the Honeybee Stakes at Oaklawn Park on March 7. Jockey JosephTalamo settled her off the early pace along the rail and waited for a hole...
by an owner: 2 - Hal J. Earnhardt (2000, 2001) 2 - Anthony Fanticola & Joseph Scardino (2012, 2013) 2 - Bardy Farm & OG Boss (2020, 2021) Most wins by...
Craig Perret Red Pollard Randy Romero Shane Sellers Carroll Shilling JosephTalamo Jack Kaenel Donald Pettinger March 9, 1997 New York Times article titled...
at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans. From post 1 jockey Joe Talamo rode Clairiere confidently in an eight-horse field in the 1+1⁄16 mile event...
(2009, 2010) 2 - Lieutenant Dan (2021, 2022) Most wins by a jockey 3 - JosephTalamo (2009, 2011, 2019) Most wins by a trainer 3 - Brian J. Koriner (2009...
California Flag 5 JosephTalamo Brian J. Koriner Hi Card Ranch abt. 6+1⁄2 furlongs 1:11.40 $100,000 III 2008 California Flag 4 JosephTalamo Brian J. Koriner...
1949), actor, Married... with Children, Today's F.B.I., Shaky Ground JosephTalamo (born 1990), jockey Kirk Talbot (born 1969), state representative from...
Barber 1+1⁄8 miles 1:49.02 $101,500 III 2019 Lady Prancealot (IRE) JosephTalamo Richard Baltas J. & M. Iavarone, C. & J. Arntz, J. McClanahan & D. Durando...
John V. Xitco 6+1⁄2 furlongs 1:16.03 $100,000 III 2019 Mucho Gusto JosephTalamo Bob Baffert Michael Lund Petersen 7 furlongs 1:22.96 $100,351 III 2018...
Jerkens Adena Springs 1-1/4 m 2:01.57 $450,000 G1 2016 Melatonin 5 JosephTalamo David E. Hofmans Tarabilla Farms Inc. (Susan Osborne) 1-1/4 m 2:02.01...
Bourbon Bay 5 JosephTalamo Neil D. Drysdale David and Jill Heerensperger 1+1⁄2 miles 2:29.39 $125,000 III 2010 Temple City 5 JosephTalamo Carla Gaines...
Smith John Shirreffs Jerry & Ann Moss 1:41.17 2007 Nashoba's Key 4 JosephTalamo Carla Gaines Warren B. Williamson 1:42.16 2006 Proposed 4 Pat Valenzuela...
78 $200,500 II San Juan Capistrano Handicap 2013 Interaction (ARG) 7 JosephTalamo Ron McAnally Pozo de Luna abt. 1+3⁄4 miles 2:44.89 $150,250 II 2012...
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