jump jockey

Like most jump jockeys, Francis had his share of injuries.

Glover, 45, and a former top-notch jump jockey, took up training relatively late in his racing career.

Fred Winter was one of the most skilful and durable jump jockeys of the same period.

Allen Webb, the jump jockey, will be out of action for a week after injuring his neck while riding out.

He has had a number of falls since becoming a jump jockey, one of the many occupational hazards that comes with race riding.

Along with Tony McCoy, he is probably the strongest jump jockey in a finish.

He began training in 94/95 jumps season, having had a successful career as a professional jump jockey for the Arthur Moore stable.

With prize money declining, he laments that most of the time jump jockeys risk their necks for £150.

Jarvis, 51, who is the son of a jump jockey, has been training for 21 years and Carroll House's victory was by far his most important.

Historically, jumps jockeys have not had the same profile as their flat counterparts, but this changed to some extent in the 20th century.

Not until 2002 was his record number of victories in a season exceeded, by jump jockey Tony McCoy.

He had been Champion Amateur Jump Jockey in 1957-58 and 1970-71.

Scudamore, 34 years old, is Britain's most successful jump jockey in history, having won more than 1,600 steeplechase and hurdles races over an 18-year career.

Pip is the latest of a number of women jump jockeys to be seriously injured on the race-course.

'It is just one of those things,' said Adams, attempting to shrug off the ultimate disappointment for a jump jockey.

Because he is taller than the average jump jockey, he is forced to ride very low in the stirrups.

McCoy, the 16-time champion jump jockey, previously won the race in 2008 on Exotic Dancer.

Andrew Thornton, jump jockey.

Adams three times won more than 30 races in a year, a benchmark for U.S. jump jockeys.

Another difference: Jump jockeys are bigger than their American brethren in American flat racing.

He received the Lester Award for Jump Jockey of the Year on five occasions.

The race is restricted to conditional jockeys - jump jockeys who have not won more than seventy-five races under rules.

'Jump jockeys are mostly taller.

There's heavier people than me that ride, jump jockeys are nearly as heavy as me that ride.

Peter Niven is a retired British jump jockey in National Hunt racing.