Search for Tom Halliday Memorial Scholar launched
Market Rasen racecourse has launched its search for a young National Hunt Jockey to be the benefactor of the scholarship set up in memory of Tom Halliday
Jockeys
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Popular former jockey dies after collapsing in street
Weighing-room favourite Richard Fox won many races during his career and appeared as a double in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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Amateur jockey Isabel Tompsett seriously injured
The current female amateur jumps champion is on life support at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, following a fall at Fakenham yesterday
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Jockeys charged with race fixing in corruption investigation
Four jockeys will face charges of stopping their horses from running to the best of their ability and passing on insider information
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US jockey found dead in car at Churchill Downs
Twenty-four-year-old jockey Michael Baze has been found dead at Churchill Downs
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Conditional jockey Peter Toole critical in hospital
Conditional jockey Peter Toole remains in a critical condition in hospital after suffering a serious head injury in a fall during a novices’ chase at Aintree
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Writer sheds 5st to go from jumbo to jockey
A 50-year-old writer who shed 5st to ride in a horse race has written a book — Jumbo to Jockey — about his experiences
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Champion Flat jockey Paul Hanagan honoured at Anfield
Northern-based Champion Flat jockey Paul Hanagan was last night honoured during the Liverpool v Wolves match
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Lorry driver changes career and retrains as a jockey
Martin Allan, 23, from Stockton-on-Tees, chose to give up his job as an HGV driver to become a jockey
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Man guilty of manslaughter after killing two young jockeys
A man has been found guilty of causing the deaths of apprentice jockeys Jan Wilson, 19, and Jamie Kyne, 18
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Murder trial begins into death of teenage jockeys in house fire
Jockeys Jamie Kyne, 18, from Co Galway, Ireland, and Jan Wilson, 19, from Forfar in Angus, died in the fire at Norton near Malton, North Yorkshire, on 5 September 2009.
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Nina Carberry off for four weeks with broken foot
The leading female amateur National Hunt jockey says a piece of the rail punctured her foot during the Ladbrokes Cheltenham Bumper at Leopardstown on Saturday
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US jockey apologises after starting a fight mid-horserace
A jockey in America has issued a public apology after punching another rider in the middle of a horserace
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Man charged with murder of teenage jockeys who died in Malton fire
Peter William Brown, 37, has been remanded in custody after appearing before Scarborough Magistrates Court charged with the murder of Jamie Kyne and Jan Wilson
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Jockey Paul Robson turns to undertaking
If you gave up racing, would you think of becoming a funeral director? Former conditional jockey Paul Robson did
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Microchips will test whip's shelf life
Whips containing a microchip will be given to professional jockeys to determine how effectively the whips absorb shock and how often they should be replaced
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Supersize v Superskinny puts jockeys' diets under the microscope
The poor and minimal diet of many jockeys came under the spotlight last week in the Channel 4 television programme Supersize v Superskinny
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American jockey dies after fall at racecourse
American jockey Sam Thompson Jnr was thrown from a horse at Los Alamitos on 20 December
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Former jump jockey victim of hit-and-run crash
Police are appealing for information after former jockey Steven Wilson was hit by a car in Saughall, Cheshire, and died later in hospital.
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Young jockeys invited to join Arab racing development programme
A new project run by the Arab Racing Organisation is offering young jockeys (aged 16-21) the chance to hone their skills in Arab racing before moving into professional raceriding
