Jockeys

Jockey Chantal Sutherland Retires

October 21, 2012

Jockey Chantal Sutherland, who won her first career race on October 9, 2000 at Woodbine aboard Silver Bounty, announced her retirement on Sunday afternoon following a seventh-place finish aboard Crush...

Eleven Found Guilty In Britain

December 14, 2011

The British Horseracing Authority has found 11 individuals, including four jockeys, guilty of corruption stemming from an investigation into race fixing in 2009

BHA To Announce Hearing Verdicts

November 22, 2011

The British Horseracing Authority has announced the date that it will announce its decision in regard to the disciplinary hearings it conducted earlier this fall against four jockeys and one jockey-tu...

More Talks Scheduled Over Whipping

October 31, 2011

According to a report, renewed talks are scheduled for Tuesday, November 1 between the British Horseracing Authority and the Professional Jockeys Association in regard to the ongoing disagreement betw...

Corruption Hearing Starts Thursday

October 24, 2011

After having gone through quite a public row last week over its new and ultimately modified whipping rule, the British Horseracing Authority is set to deal with more dirty laundry this week, as 13 ind...

BHA Announces Revised Whipping Rule

October 21, 2011

After a great deal of pressure, the British Horseracing Authority announced on Friday, October 21 that it has eased its controversial new rule which limits when and how many times a jockey can strike ...

Riders To Strike Over New Whipping Rules

October 14, 2011

It appears as though the jockeys that ride under the watch of the British Horseracing Authority are not taking the new whipping rule lying down

Jockeys Applaud Whipping Crackdown

September 27, 2011

Two United Kingdom jockeys have embraced a new rule by the British Horseracing Authority which will see riders penalized for striking their mounts too many times

Judge: Adamo And Gill Can Sue Jockeys

It has been reported that controversial thoroughbred owner Michael Gill and trainer Anthony Adamo will be able to proceed with their lawsuit against jockeys based at Penn National Race Course

Random Drug Testing Ushered In

It was determined on Thursday, May 26 during the California Horse Racing Board's monthly meeting that random drug testing of jockeys, apprentice jockeys, and drivers will be instituted.

Jockeys Take Stand Against Whipping Rule

In a show of solidarity in the Fort Erie jockeys' room, on Tuesday, July 13, riders at the border oval banded together to fight a whipping suspension which was handed down to the track's leading jock,...

Don Zimmer Comments On Jockeys

In another article which sheds light on Major League Baseball coach Joe Torre's Kentucky Derby runner, Don Zimmer, the man who introduced the bench boss to the world of thoroughbred racing, was quoted

Top T-Bred Owner Gill Irate

According to a report, top thoroughbred owner Michael Gill is livid. The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission has lifted its ban on the controversial owner, but the move has come after he has sold his...