Goncalino Almeida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Goncalino Almeida

Brazilian jockey

Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1956

Place of Birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Profession: jockey

Nationality: United States, Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Goncalino Almeida

  • Gonçalino Feijó de Almeida (born January 28, 1956 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing.
  • A riding champion in his native Brazil, he has been racing in the United States since 1990.
  • Based in California, he makes his home in Arcadia near the Santa Anita Park racetrack.
  • Almeida has won a number of important Graded stakes races in California and at the Fair Grounds Race Course in Louisiana.
  • He has ridden in two Kentucky Derbys with his best result a fourth aboard Jumron in the 1995 running won by Thunder Gulch. His son, Goncalino, Jr.
  • is a natural science major and star athlete in cross country running at Loyola Marymount University.

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