It was all for naught. By post time, he was too weak even to sit upright in the saddle. He gave someone else the mount and retired soon afterward. The simple answer is the health of the horse. Owners and trainers throughout the years have argued a lighter jockey can have better control and lessen the burden on the horse. They believe that increasing the weight of the rider would lead to more breakdowns of the racehorse.
Specifically, they believe there would be more leg injuries from carrying the heavier weight. If you are interested in learning more about racehorse injuries I wrote an article about the rate of horse deaths on race tracks you may find enlightening. However, racehorses regularly train six days a week with heavier jockeys.
Most exercise riders weigh around lbs and there have been no negative results in health issues. Steeplechase Jockeys weigh on average lbs. Steeplechase horses endure extreme pressure on their legs. Not only are they running at full speed but are also jumping as well. If these thoroughbred athletes can handle the weight, a racehorse running on a flat should as well? There have been some tall jockeys. In Australia, Stuart Brown held the record for being the tallest jockey in his country at nearly 6 feet, 3 inches.
Although he was unusually tall and had to battle to meet the required weight, he still had a long and successful career. The weight structure for Flat races in which no obstacles are jumped can go down to 8st 51kg. When you factor in the saddle and tack, a Flat jockey must weigh about lbs 49kg in order to make bottom weight.
Topweight is rarely above 12st 76kg , although in hunter chases the amateur horse jockeys may have 12st 7lb 79kg. Heavier saddle cloths, often with lead sheets in their lining, are used for National Hunt races. Size helps but, because the weights are not so extreme compared to the Flat, National Hunt jockeys could end up having longer careers — providing they stay injury free.
After risking life and limb partnering their mounts in a race, horse jockeys are not exactly well compensated for doing the steering. In jumps races, which after all are riskier than running on the Flat, the rider receives between percent of the prize money.
Many are kind enough to give the handlers, jockeys and grooms a bonus though. On the Flat, the percentage is even lower for horse jockeys with less than 7 percent on average going to the winning rider. With placed prize money, regardless of the code, the rider gets a measly 3.
No wonder they try so hard to get the horses to win! This is a controversial topic, but horse racing authorities have always taken on board concerns from equine welfare charities with regards to a horse jockey using the whip.
There are clear rules to follow and severe punishments for any rider who is found to have broken them. In a Flat race, a jockey may not use the foam padded, air cushioned whip made of synthetic material more than seven times.
Stewards also look at the force a jockey punts into their use of the whip. If a horse does not respond to the whip, one of the expressed purposes for using it, then a jockey must consider the wellbeing of their mount. Earl Sande won three Derbys. Isaac Murphy was one of the first repeat-winners. He won with Buchanan in , Riley in , and again with Kingman in In total, six females have mounted colts on Derby Day.
No female jockey has ever won the Derby. Perhaps the most well known female jockey out of that group is Rosie Napravnik. She has won two Kentucky Oaks titles, one in and the other in According to Sports Illustrated , Napravnik was the first female jockey to win the Oaks twice. Napravnik rode Mylute in the Derby finishing in fifth place and rode the colt again in the Preakness Stakes finishing third.
She is married to horse trainer Joe Sharp and the couple has two children together. Ready for the LeComte pic. BreedersCup pic.
Read on to learn more about horse jockeys and their requirements, and what is needed to become a jockey as a career. Many horses can carry between and pounds before it becomes too taxing for them to have a rider. Also, each racetrack or club has their own rules for weight requirements for jockeys. However, that to pounds also factors in the weight of equipment, which is why jockeys must adhere to certain weight guidelines. D o Jockeys Weigh in Daily?
Most racetracks or clubs require that a jockey must weigh in before the start of each race. Weight can often fluctuate between 4 pounds it can be 2 pounds less or 2 pounds more on any given day , so if a jockey is over the weight limit for that race by a small margin, he or she is not disqualified in most cases.
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