Rajiv Maragh is a jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

 in American

United States

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 Thoroughbred

Thoroughbred

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 horse racing

Horse racing

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. An Indo-Jamaican

Indo-Jamaican

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, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida

Florida

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 where he began a career as a horse trainer

Horse trainer

In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...

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Rajiv Maragh rode his first winner at Tampa Bay Downs

Tampa Bay Downs

Tampa Bay Downs is an American Thoroughbred horse racing facility located in Westchase in Hillsborough County, just outside Tampa, Florida. It opened in 1926 under the name Tampa Downs. The first of many names, the racetrack was well known as Sunshine Park and Florida Downs.-Season:The track races...

 on February 1, 2004. 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

NYRA

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 tracks, in 2009 he has been a winner of several Grade 1

Graded stakes race

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 races.

He rode Mucho Macho Man to a 3rd place finish at the 2011 Kentucky Derby

2011 Kentucky Derby

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Year-end charts

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!Chart (2005–present)
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|National Earnings List for Jockeys 2005
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|National Earnings List for Jockeys 2006
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|National Earnings List for Jockeys 2007
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|National Earnings List for Jockeys 2008
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|National Earnings List for Jockeys 2009
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