Stable lad
Aug 25, 2022
3 minutes
• As told to Kate Johnson
I started in racing aged 14, as an apprentice jockey. I had no knowledge, but I was about 4ft 10in tall and weighed 4st 11lb or so. It was the first time I’d sat on a horse, so I started on an old pony and I loved it.
I didn’t have any rides as a jockey – he had about 20 apprentices and not many of us
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