Stable Jockey Current Vacancies

2008-06-07:

Jockeys ride horses in flat races or National Hunt races jump racing, and occasionally in both types of race.
Before becoming an apprentice jockey in flat racing or conditional jockey in jump racing, time has to be served as a stable hand the head lad or trainer.

On race days, apprentice and conditional jockeys travel with the horses to meetings to learn racing techniques under instruction from Stable hand duties are still performed on days when not race riding.
Aside from taking part in competitive races, full professional jockeys are engaged by trainers for early morning work-rides to train horses for racing.

Employment prospects for trained stable hands are as a professional jockey, you may work for one trainer or owner, or ride for different trainers and owners as a self-employed jockey.
The trainer or owner races horses abroad, jockeys travel to those meetings as well. Most jockeys retire by age 45 - 35 for jump jockeys.

The Jockeys Employment and Training Scheme JETS offers advice on Stable hands could gain promotion to travelling head lad or lass responsible for the horses and hands when they travel to meetings, assistant head lad/lass, and head lad/lass overseeing the work of all the hands and apprentices rather than becoming jockeys.
Apprentice jockeys start at around 9,500 a year. Experienced jockeys can earn around 20,000. (Permalink)