Gonçalino Feijó de Almeida (born January 28, 1956, in
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil) is a
jockey
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in
American
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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
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Greece
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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 Derby
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s 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.
References
Hollywood Park Racetrack article on Goncalino Almeida
1956 births
American jockeys
Brazilian jockeys
Living people
Sportspeople from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian emigrants to the United States
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