Alberto Delgado
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About
American National Champion jockey best known for having ridden predominantly in California and Maryland. He rode California Chrome in several of the horse's early races in the 2013 season.
Before Fame
In 1982, he won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey on mounts that earned over $1.7 million at the track that year.
Trivia
He won the 1983 Grade III Barbara Fritchie Handicap on Stellarette, and the 1984 John B. Campbell Handicap on Island Champ. He came in second in the 1995 Preakness Stakes on Oliver's Twist, and in that year topped $2 million in racetrack earnings.
Family Life
He is the son of a Puerto Rican jockey who came to the U.S. He has a younger brother named Willie that is also a jockey.
Associated With
He and Irad Ortiz Jr. are both horse jockeys that were born in Puerto Rico.
