Rajiv Maragh is one of the most popular and richest Horse Jockey who was born on July 9, 1985 in Spanish Town, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica. He is young and talented enough to follow in the footsteps of the He has the youth and talent to have a career similar to the legendary Angel Cordero Jr..
Rajiv Maragh rode his first winner at Tampa Bay Downs on February 1, 2003. He got his big break in 2008 when he was 14th in the national earnings list. Rapidly developing into a top jockey since moving north to compete at NYRA tracks, in 2009 he has been a winner of several Grade 1 races.
He rode Mucho Macho Man to a 3rd-place finish at the 2011 Kentucky Derby. He rode his first Breeder’s Cup winner on Caleb’s Posse in the dirt mile.
He is from an Indian family, and grew up Jamaican.
He was third in the Kentucky Derby 2011.
Rajiv Maragh (born July 9, 1985, in Jamaica) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer.
