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A jockey riding in ahurdlerace

Ajockeyis someone who rides horses inhorse racingorsteeplechaseracing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders incamel racing.The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual who rode horses in racing. They must be light, typically around a weight of 100–120 lb. (45–55 kg), and physically fit. They are typically self-employed, and are paid a small fee from the horse trainer and a percentage of the horse's winnings. The job has a very high risk of debilitating or life-threatening injuries.

Originally, in most countries, the jockeys were all male. Over time, female jockeys have been allowed to ride; thus, now there are many successful and well-known female jockeys.[1]

Etymology[edit]

The word is by origin a diminutive ofjock,theNorthern EnglishorScotscolloquial equivalent of the first nameJohn,which is also used generically for "boy" or "fellow" (compareJack,Dick), at least since 1529. A familiar instance of the use of the word as a name is in "Jockey of Norfolk" in Shakespeare'sRichard III.v. 3, 304.

In the 16th and 17th centuries the word was applied to horse-dealers,postilions,itinerantminstrelsand vagabonds, and thus frequently bore the meaning of a cunning trickster, a "sharp", whence the verbto jockey,"to outwit", or "to do" a person out of something. The current meaning of a person who rides a horse in races was first seen in 1670.[2]

Physical characteristics[edit]

Jockey being weighed post-race, holding equipment

Jockeys must be light to ride at the weights which are assigned to their mounts. There are horse carrying weight limits that are set by racing authorities. The Kentucky Derby, for example, has a weight limit of 126 lb (57 kg) including the jockey's equipment. The weight of a jockey racing on the flat usually ranges from 108 to 118 lb (49 to 54 kg).[3]Despite their light weight, they must be able to control a horse that is moving at 40 mph (64 km/h) and weighs 1,190.5 lb (540.0 kg).[citation needed]Though there is no height limit for jockeys, they are usually fairly short due to the weight limits.

Jockeys racing on the flat typically stand around 4 ft 10 in (147 cm) to 5 ft 7 in (170 cm).[3]Jump jockeysare often taller, with multiple examples over 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).[4]Lester Piggott,considered one of the greatest flat jockeys, was nicknamed "Longfellow" for his height of 5 ft 8 in (173 cm),[5]andJack Andrews,who is 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), can ride at a weight of 142 lb (64 kg).[4]Bruce Hobbswas at 6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm) the tallest jockey ever to win theGrand National.[6]

Role[edit]

Toulouse-Lautrec–The Jockey(1899)

Jockeys are normallyself employed,nominated byhorse trainersto ride their horses in races, for a fee (which is paid regardless of the prize money the horse earns for a race) and a percentage of the purse winnings. In Australia, employment of apprentice jockeys is in terms of indenture to a master (a trainer); and there is a clear employee-employer relationship. When an apprentice jockey finishes their apprenticeship and becomes a "fully fledged jockey", the nature of their employment and insurance requirements change because they are regarded as "freelance", like contractors. Jockeys often cease their riding careers to take up other employment in racing, usually as trainers. In this way the apprenticeship system serves to induct young people into racing employment.

Six jockeys and their horses taking a curve

Jockeys usually start out when they are young, riding work in the morning for trainers, and entering the riding profession as apprentice jockeys. It is normally necessary for an apprentice jockey to ride a minimum of about 20 barrier trials successfully before being permitted to ride in races.[clarification needed]An apprentice jockey is known as a "bug boy" because the asterisk that follows the name in the program looks like a bug.[7]All jockeys must be licensed and usually are not permitted to bet on a race. An apprentice jockey has a master, who is a horse trainer, and the apprentice is also allowed to "claim" weight off the horse's back: in handicapped races, more experienced riders will have their horses given an extra amount of weight to carry, whereas a jockey in their apprenticeship will have less weight on their horse, giving trainers an incentive to hire these less-experienced jockeys. This weight allowance is adjusted according to the number of winners that the apprentice has ridden. After a four-year indentured apprenticeship, the apprentice becomes a senior jockey[8]and usually develops relationships with trainers and individual horses. Sometimes senior jockeys are paid a retainer by an owner which gives the owner the right to insist the jockey ride their horses in races.

Racing modeled on the English Jockey Club spread throughout the world with colonial expansion.

Racing colours[edit]

See also:Horse racing colours in Great Britain
The colours worn by jockeys when racing horses owned byCyrus S. Poonawalla

The colours worn by jockeys in races are the registered "colours" of the owner or trainer who employs them. The practice of riders wearing colours probably stems from medieval times when jousts were held between knights. However, the origins of racing colours of various patterns may have been influenced by racing held in Italian city communities since medieval times. Purple, gold and or yellow/nude,[8]Such traditional events are still held on town streets and are known for furious riding and the colorful spectacle they offer.[9]

While the term "silks" is used in the United States to refer to racing colours, technically "silks" are the white breeches and bib, stock or cravat. Obtaining them is a rite of passage when a jockey is first able to don silken pants and colors in their first race ride.[citation needed]At one time silks were invariably made of silk chosen for being a lightweight fabric, though now synthetics are used instead. Silks and their colours are important symbols of loyalty and festivity.

Many of the silks bear chequered patterns, polka dots, stripes or icons such as quatrefoils. The wearing of silks originated in the United Kingdom. They were first mentioned in 1515, and the current system was formally established in the 1700s. Horses are identified as they race by the colourful, traditional silk shirts and helmets their jockeys wear, these representing the horses' owners. The colours need to be significantly different to serve this purpose and are registered by each Australian state's Principal Racing Authority (PRA).[10] The silks of famous jockeys, horses and owners can fetch high prices at auction, suggesting the esteem in which history and tradition are held in horse racing. Although Racing Australia requires that all jockeys wear approved helmets and safety vests, racegoers are unaware of this latter safety equipment as it is worn beneath the silks. Jockeys also wear a 'skivvy' under the silks. On race days the skivvy chosen is a lightweight mesh or microfibre bodysuit, sleeved or sleeveless, whereas, for track work, a more heavy-duty version may be worn. Summarising, during an Australian race day, jockeys must wear the following: the helmet (or skullcap), goggles, silks, vest, breeches, gloves, boots, saddle and girth and stirrups.

Awards[edit]

Various awards are given annually by organizations affiliated with the sport of thoroughbred racing in countries throughout the world. They include:

Risk factors[edit]

A race fall

Horse racing is a sport where jockeys may incur permanent, debilitating, and even life-threatening injuries. Chief among them include concussion, bone fractures, arthritis, trampling, and paralysis. Jockey insurance premiums remain among the highest of all professional sports.[11]Between 1993 and 1996, 6,545 injuries occurred during official races for an injury rate of 606 per 1,000 jockey years.[12]In Australia race riding is regarded as being the second most deadly job, after offshore fishing. From 2002 to 2006 five deaths and 861 serious injuries were recorded.[9]

Eating disorders (such asanorexia) are also very common among jockeys, as they face extreme pressure to maintain unusually low (and specific) weights for men, sometimes within a five-pound (2.3 kg) margin.[13]The bestselling biography,Seabiscuit: An American Legendchronicled the eating disorders of jockeys living in the first half of the twentieth century. As in the cases of champion jockeyKieren Fallonand Robert Winston, the pressure to stay light has been blamed in part for jockeys suffering agonies of thirst from dehydration while racing.[14]Sports Dietitians Australia warns: "Dehydration and energy depletion may compromise concentration and coordination."[15]Indeed, recent research carried out in association with the Irish Turf Club measured the effects of rapid weight loss to make weight in professional and apprentice jockeys and found significant levels of dehydration; however, cognitive function was maintained, suggesting jockeys had become accustomed to performing in a dehydrated state and had potentially developed a preventative mechanism to enable them to perform under these conditions.[16]

In January 2016 it was announced that the International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation (ICHIRF) will run a new study. Named 'Concussion in Sport' it will be the first study to take a detailed look at the effects of concussion on sports people, including around 200 retired jockeys.[17]

Female jockeys[edit]

Women jockeys

Based on American statistics, women comprise only 14 percent of working jockeys and ride only 10 percent of all race starts.

Australia[edit]

During the 1850s, women-only horse-racing events were held inVictoria, Australia;women were not permitted to ride as professional jockeys or on professional tracks with men.

Although women jockeys were barred from riding at registered race meetings, in the mid-1900s Wilhemena Smith rode as Bill Smith at northQueenslandracecourses. She was nicknamed BillGirlieSmith because she arrived on course with her riding gear on under her clothes and did not shower on course. It was only at the time of her death in 1975 that the racing world was officially told that Bill was really Wilhemena. Subsequent inquiries proved that William Smith was actually a woman who had been born Wilhemena Smith in a Sydney hospital in 1886.[18]In an era when women were clearly denied equality, she had become known as a successful jockey in Queensland country districts as 'Bill Smith'.Elizabeth Williams Berryrode inMelbourneand internationally, disguised as a boy and using the name, Jack Williams.[19]

During the late 1960s, restrictions against female trainers were lifted in Australia, but female jockeys were still confined to "ladies only" events, which were held on non-professional tracks. TheVictoria Racing Clubin 1974 permitted women jockeys to be registered for professional "ladies only" events. In 1978 racing rules in New Zealand were amended to permit women jockeys.

In the late 1970s, pioneers such as Pam O'Neill in Australia andLinda Jonesfrom New Zealand forced jockey club officials to grant women the right to compete on an equal footing in registered races against men. They were unquestionably the first women jockeys to be licensed to ride in the metropolitan areas of Australia. Previously women had been riding against men in Australia at the unregistered "all-height" meetings. Pam created a world record for any jockey, male or female, when she rode a treble at Southport on her first day's riding.[20] Australia's top woman jockey, Bev Buckingham, became the first woman in theSouthern Hemisphereto win 1,000 races. In 1998, in a fall at the Elwick Racecourse (Hobart), she broke her neck. She used a wheelchair for some time afterward, but regained her strength and mobility and was able to walk again without assistance.[21]

In 2004–05, Clare Lindop won the Adelaide jockeys' premiership and became the first woman to win a metropolitan jockeys' premiership in mainland Australia. In 2005, Andrea Leek became the first woman to ride the winner of the Grand National Hurdle (4,300 m) at Flemington when she won aboard Team Heritage.[22]

In 2009 it was reported women account for 17% of jockeys in Victoria. But, they receive only 10% of the rides, and are often overlooked in favour of male jockeys, especially in the cities.[23]In some regions of Australia about half of the apprentice jockey intakes are women.[22]

In January 2015 atMount Gambier,South Australia, all eight races on the card were won by women jockeys: Emily Finnegan (3 wins), Clare Lindop (2), Holly McKechnie (2) and Chelsea Jokic (1).[24]

Michelle Paynebecame the first female jockey to win theMelbourne Cupon 3 November 2015.[25]

Great Britain and Ireland[edit]

Women were initially banned from racing under Jockey Club rules in Britain, though records indicate that women rode, disguised as men, as early as 1804.[26]In theVictorian era,Elizabeth Williams Berry of Australia, noted above, came to England and rode disguised as a man, continuing to use the name Jack Williams. To help her disguise, she smoked cigars and wore abowler hat.[27]In the 20th century, after many years of debate, a series of a dozen races was approved for female jockeys in 1972.Meriel Patricia Tufnellovercame childhood disability to ride the novice Scorched Earth to victory in the first race, the Goya Stakes at Kempton Park on 6 May 1972.[28]

The first decade of the 21st century saw the profile of women jockeys rise considerably in British Flat racing. In 2005Hayley TurnerbecameChampion Apprenticerider, before becoming the first woman to ride 100 winners in a British season in 2008. Also in 2008,Kirsty Milczarekbecame the first woman to ride three winners at a single British race meeting, at Kempton in February. Milczarek rode 71 winners that year. This period saw the total number of female jockeys in British Flat racing rise significantly. Two further female jockeys have won the apprentice championship since Turner – Amy Ryan in 2012 andJosephine Gordonin 2016.[29]This change has not applied in National Hunt racing, though amateur ridersNina CarberryandKatie Walsh(sister ofRuby Walsh) have gained success in Ireland and ridden winners at theCheltenham Festival.[30][31]In the 2010National Hunt Chaseat the Cheltenham Festival the winner and runner-up were both ridden by female jockeys. Katie Walsh was on board Poker de Sivola finishing ahead of Becauseicouldntsee which was ridden by Nina Carberry.[32]

On Bo xing Day 2015Lizzie Kellybecame the first female jockey to win a grade one race in Britain, on Tea For Two in theKauto Star Novices' ChaseatKempton Park.[33]Lizzie Kelly won another grade 1 in 2017. It was theBetway Bowlat the Grand National Festival, on Tea For Two. In the 2016/17 season Rachael Blackmore became the first female jockey to win the Irish Conditional Jockeys title.[34]In 2018 Lizzie Kelly became the first female professional jockey to ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival. She rode Coo Star Sivola in the Ultima handicap chase. In 2019 Bryony Frost became the first female jockey to ride a grade 1 winner at the Cheltenham Festival. She rode Frodon in the Ryanair Chase. In 2021,Rachael Blackmorebecame the first female jockey to win theGrand National,the most valuable jump race in Europe.[35]

New Zealand[edit]

InThoroughbred racing in New Zealandwomen are over 40% of jockeys.[36]

The first win by a woman in New Zealand was visiting Canadian jockey Joan Phipps, at Te Awamutu in November 1977.

Linda Jonesis believed to be the first New Zealand woman to apply for an apprentice's licence, however she was turned down. She had ridden in a number of lady riders events over many years in New Zealand and overseas such as in Brazil, which highlighted that New Zealand and Australia were outliers in not allowing women to compete with male jockeys in professional races. She persevered and the New Zealand Racing Conference eventually accepted female jockeys. They became eligible to ride on 15 July 1978 with the first New Zealand woman to ride in a totalisator race in New Zealand beingJoanne Hale (Giles)on that day at Waimate. Sue Day (Christchurch), Joanne Lamond (Oamaru) and Vivienne Kaye (Awapuni) also rode in later races on that same day.

Sue Day became the first New Zealand female jockey winner in a totalisator race against males on 22 July 1978 when she won with the Ned Thistoll-trained Jaws in the Waybrook Handicap at Timaru.[37]Another female jockey riding then was Cherie Saxon (Hastings).[38]

Linda Jones' first win was on Big Bickies at Te Rapa and soon after she won with Royal Petite, the first Open Handicap winner for a female jockey. Subsequent highlight wins for Jones were Lovaro in the Queen Elizabeth Handicap and Holy Toledo in the Wellington Derby on 22 January 1979 (possibly the first female jockey world-wide to win a Derby). Jones was also the first female jockey to win a professional race against males at a registered meeting in Australia, winning aboard Pay The Purple in the Labour Day Cup atDoomben Racecourse,Brisbane on May 7, 1979.[39]

In 1982 Maree Lyndon was the first female jockey to win a Group I race in New Zealand when winning theNew Zealand Cupon Sirtain.[40]

In 1986 Trudy Thornton became the first woman jockey to ride in New Zealand's longest thoroughbred race, theGreat Northern Steeplechase.[41]In 1995, Tina Egan was the first woman to win the race.

In 1997 Catherine Hutchinson (nee Tremayne) was the first female jockey to ride six winners in a day, which she did at Ruakaka.[42][43]

In 2005 and 2006 Lisa Cropp won the New Zealand jockeys' premierships.[44]In recent years the New Zealand jockeys premiership has been won byLisa Allpress(2012, 2016, 2019 and 2020), Samantha Collett (2018) and Danielle Johnson (2021).[45]

In April 2017 at Timaru eight of the nine races on the card were won by women jockeys: Alysha Collett, Kylie Williams, Tina Comignaghi, Amanda Morgan and Samantha Wynne.[24]

On 10 October 2019 atTauherenikau Racecourseall eight races were won by women riders: Rosie Myers (4 races), Lisa Allpress (2), Charlotte O'Beirne (A) and Leah Mischewski.[46]

United States and Canada[edit]

Eliza Carpenter(1851 – 1924) was an earlyAfrican-Americanrace horseowner. InPonca City, Oklahoma,she trained horses for racing, becoming one of the few African-Americanstableowners in theWest.[47]When dissatisfied with the way a race was going, she sometimes would ride her own horses as a jockey, winning some races. Recorded names of her horses include "Irish Maid", "Blue Bird", "Jimmy Rain", "Sam Carpenter", and "Little Brown Jug", the last of which she reportedly raced atTijuana,Baja California.[47]

Anna Lee Aldred[48](1921 – 2006) was given a license at age 18 in 1939 atAgua Caliente Racetrackin Tijuana, Mexico, when officials were unable to find a rule that would bar women jockeys and she finished second by a nose in her first professional race. Hollywood stuntwomanAlice Van-Springsteen(1918 – 2008) also rode as a jockey and was one of the first women ever to receive a trainer's license for Thoroughbred horses.

Wantha Davis[49](1918 – 2012) was known to have won over 1,000 races in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, including a famous 1949, six furlong match-race againstJohnny Longdenat Agua Caliente.[50]She rode at some state-sanctioned pari-mutuel tracks, but without a license, most events were of the dusty county fair and half-mile variety of the western circuit. Even though she was always in demand as a training jockey, her applications for a license were turned down in state after state.

Twelve years after Davis retired, the "modern era of female jockeys" began whenOlympic equestrianandshow jumpingcompetitorKathy Kusner,who had also ridden as a jockey, successfully sued the Maryland Racing Commission for a jockey's license in 1967 under theCivil Rights Act.[51]She won her case in 1968 and became one of the earliest women to be licensed in the United States, though an injury prevented her from racing at the time.[52]In late 1968,Penny Ann Earlywas the first woman to earn a mount as a licensed Thoroughbred jockey in the U.S., when she entered three races atChurchill Downsin November, but the male jockeys announced a boycott of those races, and so she could not ride. On 7 February 1969,Diane Crumpwas the first licensed woman rider to ride in a parimutuel Thoroughbred race in the United States at theHialeah Park Race TrackinFlorida.She required a police escort to get to thepaddock.[53]Two weeks later, on 22 February atCharles TowninWest Virginia,Barbara Jo Rubinbecame the first woman to win a race,[53]and went on to win 11 of her first 22.[54]Others soon followed suit and over the years American women jockeys have proven their ability.Julie Krone's 3,704 victories is the most by an American woman and As of June 2012,at least nineteen others have each ridden more than 1,000 winners.[55]

For the most part Canada has generally followed the lead of the U.S. in opportunities for women riders. Canada has far fewer tracks than the U.S. and to date Canada has only two female jockeys with 1,000 wins. However, in both actual and relative numbers as well as overall success rate, Canada has surpassed its southern neighbor in opportunities for women at the highest level;[citation needed]their respectiveTriple Crown series:Starting withJoan Phippsin the 1973Breeders' Stakes,10 different women have competed in 30Canadian Triple Crownraces, with a combined 2 wins, 3 places, 4 shows.[citation needed]Moreover, while no US Triple Crown race has ever featured more than one female rider, that feat has occurred on 10 occasions in Canada, and 3 different women—Francine Villeneuve,Chantal SutherlandandEmma-Jayne Wilson—have raced in all three Canadian races. Sutherland has done it twice over and Wilson thrice over.[citation needed]

By comparison, since Diane Crump rode in the 1970Kentucky Derby,six different women have competed inU.S. Triple Crownevents, some multiple times: 10 times in the Derby, four times in thePreakness[53]and nine times in theBelmont.[56]with a combined record of one win,[56]one place,[56]one show.[57]Julie Kroneis the only woman to have won a US Triple Crown race, onColonial Affairin the 1993 Belmont.[56]With appearances in the2011 Kentucky Derby,the2012 Belmont Stakesand the2013 Preakness Stakes,Rosie Napravnikbecame the first woman to ride in all three of the U.S. Triple Crown races.[58][59][60]In 2013, Napravnik also became the first woman to ride in all three US Triple Crown races in the same year, and is the only woman to have won theKentucky Oaks,which she has won twice.[57]

Robot jockeys[edit]

Main article:Robot jockey

To replace child jockeys whose use had been deplored by human rights organizations, acamel raceinDoha, Qatar,for the first time featuredrobots at the reins.On 13 July 2005, workers fixed robotic jockeys on the backs of seven camels and raced the machine-mounted animals around a track. Operators controlled the jockeys remotely, signalling them to pull their reins and prod the camels with whips.[61]

Early history of African American jockeys[edit]

In North America during the 1800s, horse racing was primarily performed by African American slaves. Plantation owners would bring their slaves and their horses to other plantations and organize and bet on races. When horse racing became more mainstream, slaves and free blacks were involved with horse racing though most were identified with precarious work of grooming, feeding, breaking, exercising, and other auxiliary chores connected with the sport. Then they would work their way up to trainers, and then to full time racers. By the end of the 1800s horse racing was almost exclusively ran by African American jockeys. The three most successful black racers being Isaac Murphy, Willie Simms, and Jimmy Winkfield, with Murphy winning the Kentucky Derby in 1884, 1887, and 1890. This dominance of the sport by African Americans came to an abrupt stop in 1896 whenPlessy vs. Fergusonwas decided basically legalizing segregation. This led to the eradication of African American jockeys.[62]

See also[edit]

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