Jockey Talamo rides 1,000th winner at Santa Anita
April 5, 2012ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Jockey Joe Talamo has ridden his 1,000th career winner in the fourth race at Santa Anita.
Talamo guided Splendid Fortune to a 7 1-4-length victory Thursday, ahead of jockey Mike Smith, who was second in his pursuit of 5,000 winners. Smith is at 4,997.
Talamo said before the day's races that the milestone came up on him pretty quickly. The 22-year-old rider says he didn't know he was that close until his mother, Joy, told him two weeks ago.
Talamo is fourth in the jockeys' standings at Santa Anita. He's been winning at an 11 percent clip and his mounts have earned more than $2.2 million this year.