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RAJIV MARAGH

RAJIV MARAGH
Birthdate - July 9, 1985
Birthplace - Kingston, Jamaica
Height - 5 feet, 4 inches
Weight - 114 pounds
Family - Wife Angie

2017 RECORD

828 - 97, 95, 101

$6,919,020

2017 NYRA RECORD

783 - 95, 89, 97

$6,608,609

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

* Returned to riding in December of 2016 following a 17-month recovery after a severe spill at Belmont Park.

* Rode 2014’s Turf Male and Older Male Champion Main Sequence to win the G1 Sword Dancer and the G1 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic

* Rode Groupie Doll to back-to-back wins in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint, 2012-13

* Collected his 1,000th victory on Feb. 26, 2010 at Gulfstream Park aboard Mint Maker

INTRODUCTION TO RACING

* Father Collin was a jockey in Jamaica

FIRST WINNER

* Pricedale Kid, Feb. 1, 2004, Tampa Bay Downs

NEW YORK STAKES WINS

Alex M. Robb: Icabad Crane (2010)

Amsterdam: Currency Swap (2012); Caleb’s Posse (2011)

Ballerina: By the Moon (2017); Artemis Agrotera (2014); Music Note (2009)

Bed o’Roses: By the Moon (2017); Rite Moment (2008)

Broadway: Lights Off Annie (2009)

Brooklyn H.: Birdrun (2011)

Busher: Little Belle (2008)

Correction: Clothes Fall Off (2017); Distorted Passion (2009)

De La Rose: Thundering Sky (2017)

Distaff: Rite Moment (2008)

East View: Don’t Forget Gil (2008)

Evan Shipman: Icabad Crane (2011)

Excelsior: Last Gunfighter (2013)

Fred Capossela: Oliver Zip (2014)

Gallant Bloom: Artemis Agrotera (2014)

Gio Point: Small Bear (2017)

Glens Falls: Hostess (2008)

Go for Wand: Seventh Street (2009)

Hall of Fame: Quick Wit (2012)

Hill Prince: Krypton (2010)

Hollie Hughes: Gold and Roses (2008)

Hopeful: Currency Swap (2011)

Iroquois: Willet (2012)

Jerome: Adios Charlie (2011)

Jim Dandy: Wicked Strong (2014)

Joe Hirsch Turf Classic: Main Sequence (2014)

John Hettinger: Invading Humor (2014)

John’s Call: Sanagas (2011)

Just a Game: Diamondrella (2009)

Kelso: Tizway (2010)

Kings Bishop: Caleb’s Posse (2011)

Knickerbocker: Operation Red Dawn (2009)

Lake George: Be Fair (2009)

Maid of the Mist: Sentimental Lass (2010)

Metropolitan Handicap: Tizway (2011)

Mike Lee: Friend or Foe (2010)

Mount Vernon: Shakeira (2013)

New York: Giants Play (2011)

NYSS: Bee Noteworthy (Staten Island, 2017); Franny Freud (Fifth Ave., 2009); Ruffino (Cormorant, 2009)

Pilgrim: Air Support (2010)

Queens County: Jonesy Boy (2013)

Rare Treat: Runaway Rosie (2008)

Ruthless: Justwhistledixie (2009)

Saratoga Dew: Carameaway (2014)

Sword Dancer: Main Sequence (2014)

Tom Fool:  Spartiatis (2017)

Vagrancy: By the Moon (2017); Merry Meadow (2014)

Whitney Invitational: Tizway (2011)

Wood Memorial: Irish War Cry (2017); Wicked Strong (2014)

Yaddo: Nehantic Kat (2009)

BREEDERS’ CUP WINS

Dirt Mile: Caleb’s Posse (2011)

Filly & Mare Sprint: Groupie Doll (2012-13)

Juvenile Sprint: Hightail (2012)

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