Fred Taral (1867–1925) was an American Hall of Fame jockey.Taral began his career in racing in the 1880s at small racetracks in Oklahoma. By 1889 he was among the 24-member jockey colony at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans and competed in his first Kentucky Derby. In 1908 he left racing in the United States and for a time rode and trained in Germany where he rode Macdonald to victory in the 1909 Deutsches Derby.