Joseph Talamo is one of the most popular and richest Horse Jockey who was born on January 12, 1990 in Marrero, Louisiana, United States. His horse placed 17th at the time of the 2010 Kentucky Derby, a race which had been won by the jockey His horse finished seventeenth in the 2010 Kentucky Derby, a race that was won by jockey Calvin Borel..
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.
The boy was raised in an New Orleans suburb to a Cajun family. His father was an assistant trainer for horses.
He had planned to ride the horse that won the race, I Want Revenge, in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, but the horse, which was the most popular to win, was scratched in the final minute.
Joseph Talamo (born January 12, 1990 in Marrero, Louisiana) is a Champion jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
