Woodbine Entertainment is pleased to welcome award-winning jockey Joe Talamo to Woodbine Racetrack as a guest racing analyst for Turf Champions Day on Saturday, September 12, featuring four Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series “Win and You’re In” races.
A winner of over 2,300 races, Talamo has transitioned from the racetrack to the broadcast scene in recent years, including serving as a full-time racing analyst for FanDuel TV. The Louisiana native rode from 2006 to 2024, riding the winners of more than $130 million.
Turf Champions Day is headlined by four Grade 1 races, the $1 million Woodbine Mile, $750,000 E.P. Taylor Stakes, $500,000 bet365 Summer Stakes and $500,000 Johnnie Walker Natalma Stakes. Talamo will join hosts and racing analysts Jeff Bratt and Elissa Blowe on Woodbine’s simulcast for the big day.
Talamo is no stranger to high-level success, winning 24 Grade 1 races over his riding career. He notably won the 2009 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint and finished top three in nine other Breeders’ Cup races.
The Woodbine Mile is a race that Talamo has experienced first-hand, finishing second in the 2022 edition with Ivar (BRZ) and third in 2015 with Obviously (IRE). He visited the Woodbine winner’s circle in the 2010 Royal North Stakes (G3) with Unzip Me.
The entries for Turf Champions Day will be released on Wednesday (September 9). Post time for Saturday, September 12 is 1 p.m.
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