 Both his father and younger brother Willie were jockeys.Willie, who also spent some time as a horse trainer on the east coast, came west in 2013 at his brother's urging and became California Chrome's regular exercise rider during the 2014 season even though the older Delgado was not kept on as the colt's jockey.In 1982, Alberto Delgado won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey on mounts that earned over $1.7 million at the track that year.