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So you like horse racing, and you want to be a jockey? Especially if you're a young person, this is what you need to know.



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    Gain experience. If your dreams consist of winning every race and befriending a beautiful, perfect horse, your likelihood of becoming a jockey is much less. You need to have spent at least a few years caring for horses, and have a genuine interest in being a jockey - taking the good with the bad. You should know basic skills like mucking out stalls, grooming, tacking up (and un-tacking), and how you should behave around horses.
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    Apply to the British Racing School. (If you live in another country, find and apply to the equivalent in your country.) Do this quickly; places are limited and you want to make sure you get in first, with some experience.
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    Complete the course. Hopefully, you'll be given a place in a yard. If you don't, start hunting yourself for a small yard to gain the experience you need.
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    Be the best you can. There are very few people who make it, and you need to be the best there is. It's a difficult job, but you have to be the most enthusiastic, the most thorough, the best with the horses, and anything else your yard requires.
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    Aim to get licensed. If you do, you're doing well, but keep improving. After all, you're a jockey!

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    • Keep your diet under control; jockeys must be very light.
    • Take the ups and downs if you can't you have no chance
    • Stay polite and timely, and be the first on the yard and the last off.


    • Expect disappointment - if you persist, you'll be successful.
    • No more drugs, drinking, smoking, or unhealthy foods, with the rare exception.
    • Other people may attempt to bring you down; expect this and don't let them.
    • Jockeys must be exceptionally small and light people - if you aren't, you won't be able to be one.

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