Goncalino Almeida

Horseracing personalities infobox


name = Goncalino Almeida
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occupation = Jockey
birthplace = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
birth date = January 28, 1956
death date =
career wins = Ongoing
race = California Breeders' Champion Stakes (1995)
El Camino Real Derby (1995)
Explosive Bid Handicap (1995)
Hollywood Turf Handicap (1995)
Morvich Handicap (1995)
Oak Tree Mile Stakes (1995)
Monrovia Handicap (1996)
Las Palmas Handicap (1997)
San Rafael Stakes (1997)
Palos Verdes Handicap (1998)
San Gabriel Handicap (1998)
Santa Margarita Handicap (1998)
Inglewood Handicap (1999)
San Marcos Stakes (1999)
Del Mar Handicap (2002)
awards =
honours =
horses = Earl of Barking, Windsharp, Brave Act
updated = October 7, 2007

Goncalino Feijo 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 bear the Santa Anita Park racetrack.

Almeida has won a number of important Graded stakes races in Califonias 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. [http://lmulions.cstv.com/sports/c-xc/mtt/almeida_lino00.html]

References

* [http://www.hollywoodpark.com/bet_the_races/barn_notes/barn_notes_06082007.html Hollywood Park Racetrack article on Goncalino Almeida]