Ohio-sired Charlie May crossed the wire an impressive winner in Saturday’s $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial, a Grand Circuit event against some of the best sophomore pacers in North America, at MGM Northfield Park. She will also assume the Thistledown role at the end of 2022. To keep himself busy in his retirement Jeff plans on continuing to breed and raise Labradoodles as well as spending many mornings on the Florida lakes fishing.Īngela Casalinova who has been a constant sidekick to Zamaiko for the last five years has taken over for Zamaiko at Northfield Park. Zamaiko will continue photographing the Thoroughbreds for one more year before giving it all up to head to his retirement home in sunny Florida. Enjoy your retirement because you deserve it.” Congratulations to Jeff, Natalie and the entire Zamaiko family. “He is an outstanding photographer and an even better human being. “I have known Jeff for 30+ years,” commented MGM Northfield Park VP of Regional Racing Operations, Brent Reitz.

His wife Natalie has been known to pick up a camera and help her husband out along with Bob Kemelhar and Dale Dengerd. Zamaiko has had a trio of photographers helping him for the last ten years, and he says he could never have made it without their help.

Jeff’ will be joined by his wife Natalie and their son Jeff throughout the festivities at the Flying Turns.īefore starting at Northfield Park, Zamaiko was the track photographer at Thistledown for eighteen years and then pulled double duty at the two tracks for more than a decade. Zamaiko retired on September 15 and will be honored with a family dinner at Kosar’s Wood-Fired Grill, a winner’s circle ceremony with his MGM work family, and some unique gifts from his time at Northfield Park. For the past 12 years, Jeff Zamaiko has been a mainstay at the Northfield Park Winner Circle as the track photographer where he has celebrated over 40,000 winners.

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