Joseph M. McCahey (May 11, 1888 – March 13, 1917) was an American champion jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who won a national riding title in 1914.
Joe McCahey began his career as a stableboy and jockey in training for an up-and-coming young trainer named Jim Fitzsimmons who loaned him to stable owner and trainer Tom Mannix to ride in Louisiana and Florida during the winter.
When Mannix died in the fall of 1910 Fitzsimmons began giving McCahey more rides and loaning him to other top level trainers such as T. J.
In 1915, health problems forced McCahey to reduce his number of mounts by more than 25% but still had a impressive win to start rate of 18%.
[2] Failing health forced McCahey to retire in 1916 after a limited number of mounts and in March 1917 he died at age 28 from tuberculosis.