Rajiv Maragh

Rajiv Maragh, born on 9 July 1985, is a Jamaican jockey in American Thoroughbred racing, an Indo-Jamaican whose father rode in Jamaica before moving to Florida to become a trainer. He rode his first winner at Tampa Bay Downs on 1 February 2003, had his breakthrough in 2008 when he ranked 14th on the national earnings list, and after moving north to ride the New York Racing Association tracks won several Grade 1 races in 2009. He finished third on Mucho Macho Man in the 2011 Kentucky Derby and rode his first Breeders' Cup winner on Caleb's Posse in the Dirt Mile. A spill at Belmont Park in July 2015 kept him out until he was cleared to ride in November 2016, and in 2017 he moved to California and was named Comeback Jockey of the Year.