Year: 2011
18-09-2011
This year the AJA Champions Cheltenham Christmas Dinner Dance will be dedicated to raising funds for both ISABEL TOMPSETT and RICHARD HAWKINS who continue to recover from serious head injuries sustained earlier this year.
The AJA request the pleasure of your company
Champions Christmas Dance for Isabel & Richard
Saturday 3rd December 2011
CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE GOLD CUP SUITE
BLACK TIE * 7:30-1:30 * MUSIC & DANCING
tickets @ £50 each include 3-course dinner
top class raffle & auction
Amateur Champions Awards
TICKET HOTLINE: 01886 884488 or 01933 304778
Tables of 10 available
Cheques payable to AJA can be posted to
Crews Hill House, Alfrick, Worcester. WR6 5HF
13-09-2011
The Injured Jockeys Fund has purchased an Equichute thanks to the Alborada Trust. John Francome believes it is vital to the training of jockeys. “There is no doubt that it will save lives and no end of injuries. If it stops one person a year from ending up in a wheelchair, then it has paid for itself ten times over.”
The equipment at The British Racing School is to be used in conjunction with training. The machine, the first of its type in Britain, works on compressed air and therefore speed and severity of the fall can be regulated. Integrated into the Course Programme is a series of sessions looking at the technique to minimise injury. The sessions will be taken by Jon Pitts and Steve Smith Eccles.
Spaces are available for the next training course on Tuesday October 11th. The course includes an introduction and briefing, technique practical session and technology to analyse falls from the Equichute and costs £75. For further information and/or to book your place please contact Clare Higgins on 01638 665103 or 675907 or e-mail clare@brs.org.uk.
12-09-2011
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has today announced it will share the benefits of the income it generates from amateur jockeys riding against professionals with the Amateur Jockeys Association for the very first time. Whilst the BHA already supports amateur jockeys through a contribution towards the provision of insurance and funds industry training and on-course physiotherapists – totalling in excess of £450,000 over the past four years – a major proportion of future prize money and riding fees earned by amateur jockeys will now be shared with the AJA.
In addition, the outstanding achievements of Sam Waley-Cohen in becoming the first amateur jockey in 30 years to win the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup and finishing second in the John Smith’s Grand National in 2011, have enabled the BHA to provide a further £30,000 grant to be divided between the AJA, the Pony Racing Authority (PRA) and to Sam’s newly-founded charity, the Thomas Andrew Waley-Cohen (TAWC) Fund, which is aimed at providing financial support for charitable initiatives across the country.
£20,000 of this grant has been allocated to the AJA towards funding for a small number of valuable Jump races for amateur riders, which will be planned in consultation with BHA Racing Department and the racecourses concerned, with the hope of building a stronger platform from which amateur jockeys can launch their riding careers.
Sam said: “I am delighted that the BHA has revised the current system so that in future a percentage of amateurs’ prize money from wins against professionals will be awarded to the Amateur Jockeys Association. This will undoubtedly benefit all amateur riders, and represents a significant step forward for the sport. It is also rewarding for me personally that the memorable season I was fortunate enough to enjoy in 2010/11 will benefit the AJA, PRA and my own charity, the TAWC Fund. I am excited to see what developments can arise as a result of these grants, including the prospect of additional races for amateurs, and it gives me great pleasure to be able to put something back into a sport which has given me so much, and perhaps in doing so help all amateur jockeys to continue their fine contribution to the sport.“
Sarah Oliver, Chief Executive of the AJA, said: “Following the recent hugely successful partnerships of Sam Waley-Cohen with Long Run and Oscar Time, the AJA are delighted that agreement has been reached with the BHA so that amateur jockeys will benefit from future winning rides against professionals. Not only will a fund from Sam Waley-Cohen’s wins last season finance additional amateur races, future amateur jockeys’ winning ride percentage prize money against professionals will also be included. The AJA acknowledges the significant contribution made by all amateur jockeys who has won against professionals in the past.”
03-09-2011
Many congratulations to our Fegentri lady jockey RACHEL KING who has just won in Istanbul to take her into 2nd place in the rankings for the Ladies Fegentri World Championship 2011. This is great news for Great Britain!
Let’s hope Rachel can go one better than the gallant attemps of our previous lady representatives who have taken the runner-up slot over the past three consecutive years: Gemma Gracey-Davison (2008), Claire Allen (2009) and Ruth Jefferson (2010). Watch this space!
You can enjoy a re-run of this afternoon’s race with the link below:
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20-08-2011
JO’S PRE SEASON PARTY
SAT, SEPT 3RD
AT
LOWLANDS FARM
EASTFIELD LANE, BURLEY IN WHARFEDALE, LS29 7QU
IN AID OF
THE INJURED JOCKEYS FUND
8PM UNTIL 3AM
DISCO, BAR, HOG ROAST AND LAVISH ENTERTAINMENT !
TICKETS £20 EACH
FOR EVERY 5 BOUGHT GET 1 FREE (BEFORE AUGUST 24TH)
‘It took me years to recover from the last party she had……..‘
Thistle the donkey
Tents / Horseboxes welcome Casual dress
LOCAL ACCOMMODATION CAN BE ARRANGED
Tickets strictly limited to 250
Contact Jo Foster on 07980 301808 for tickets
02-08-2011
The rain held off for most of the evening and when it finally came there was no way that it could dampen the atmosphere at Carlisle on Monday evening which was electric with a thronging crowd of over 10,000, mostly female on their finery!
The evening kicked off with a charity race in aid of Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Campaign with 5 lady riders – Liz Butterworth, Isla Goldie, Liza Harrison, Meregan Norwood and Andrea O’Keeffe – having raised £25,000 for the two charities. This race was especially meaningful for Meregan who survived breast cancer herself two years ago, and also for Andrea whose husband trainer Jedd is currently fighting throat cancer. It was very special to see Andrea win the race and be welcomed by her three small sons and husband into the winner’s enclosure.
The first Pro-Am race of the evening is surely one that Freya Brewer will never forget. Having ridden 25 point-to-point winners, this was Freya’s first win on the Flat which she achieved with ease on NEWBURY STREET for Patrick Holmes, leading from over a furlong out and drawing clear to win by 1 1/4 lengths.
The second race of the evening went to the pros with Sophie Doyle scoring for Jennie Candlish on OPUS MAXIMUS but the amateurs were not to be denied for long as Carol Bartley, triple lady amateur flat champion, showed the benefit of her great experience by making steady headway on SOPRANO from midfield for boss Jim Goldie and lead from two furlongs out, staying on strongly to win as she pleased by 7 lengths.
The most valuable race of the evening, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill Stakes, was the next on the card and won with screams of support from the crowd by Emma Sayer on her trainer mother’s HOT ROD MAMMA. The horse having taken a keen hold, Emma held her up to make smooth headway from two furlongs out when she was going so easily that she was able to switch left and quicken on the outside of the field in the final furlong to win with ease by 3 3/4 lengths.
The next on the card, named after the entertainment eagerly awaited by the huge crowd, the Alexandra Burke Live Tonight Handicap, was won by Harriet Bethell on Brian Ellison’s BOY THE BELL. Having got to work on the horse from 3 furlongs out, the partnership made progress to lead inside the final furlong and held on by 3/4 of a length.
As the steady drizzle turned to torrential rain and the ground softened, the last race was won by Lucy Alexander for Martin Todhunter on DAYTIME DREAMER in a thrilling finish, heading Beneath ridden by former amateur lady flat champion Amy Ryan to score by a head.
Lucy did well to keep the partnership intact after the winning line with her horse loosing his footing on the wet ground.
A huge thank you to both the British Horseracing Authority and Carlisle Racecourse, and especially John Baker, Richard Clements and Sue Ellis, for their fantastic support in staging this world first Ultimate Ladies Night which certainly lived up to its name. And many congratulations to Andrea O’Keeffe, Freya Brewer, Carol Bartley, Emma Sayer, Harriet Bethell and Lucy Alexander on their great winning rides!
Ladies line up for Best Dress Lady Competition
Photo credit: AJA
07-07-2011
Tonight’s first race of the evening at Doncaster sponsored by the Amateur Jockeys Association provided LUCY HORNER with her 50th winning ride under Rules when scoring for Chris Grant.
Many congratulations to Lucy who also rides regularly in North America and is best known for her successes jump racing, having been our Lady Amateur Jump Champion in 2008/9 and currently holding the runner-up championship slot for the 2010/11 season.
20-06-2011
Many congratulations to Serena Brotherton who rode her 100th winner today at Wolverhampton when winning the amateur seller on VISIONS OF JOHANNA for Richard Guest.Serena said “I got rather muddled up with my counting last week, but that definitely makes a hundred if you include point-to-points and hunterchases. I have so many highlights including winning the Queen Mother’s Cup at York twice and the Diamond race at Ascot.”Serena already leads this season’s ladies flat table with 4 wins on the turf, having won the championship 4 times before as well as the All-Weather championship in 2009/10.
16-06-2011
CALLING ALL LADY JOCKEYS!
Your chance to support BREAST CANCER CARE and BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN!
Would you like to ride in a charity race to be held as the first race on the highlight evening of Carlisle’s social calendar?
This is The ULTIMATE LADIES NIGHT – a world first with a card exclusively for lady jockeys.
Over 8,000 people attended last year’s spectacular event and this year it promises to be even bigger and better with a 40 minute post racing concert by Alexandra Burke.
If you are a competent lady rider and are interested in taking part in the charity race please e-mail sph.oliver@btinternet.com for further details.
14-06-2011
The annual Anglo/Irish match staged in Limerick every November has its return match at Newton Abbot next week, with the same November teams taking part where possible.
Having tasted victory for the British team last November 7th in Limerick when Alex Dunn won the Irish leg of the annual ladies Anglo irish challenge for John Walsh, the British team now look forward to next Tuesday evening.
The GB team is made up as follows: Lucy Alexander, Lorna Brooke, Alex Dunn and Joanna Mason. So far 4 Irish lady jockeys are confirmed to be joining the challenge: Rachael Blackmore, Liz Lalor, Jane Mangan and Aine O’Connor.
