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Are most National Hunt Jockeys Irish ?

  • 12-04-2010 9:56pm
    #1
    MungoMan
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    I was at the Grand National on Saturday.

    After the race, they interviewed a few jockeys

    They all had Irish accents.
    I also noticed the past few years, the winning jockey nearly always is Irish.

    Are the majority of jockeys from Ireland ?


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  • #2
    RichieLawlor
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    MungoMan wrote: »
    I was at the Grand National on Saturday.

    After the race, they interviewed a few jockeys

    They all had Irish accents.
    I also noticed the past few years, the winning jockey nearly always is Irish.

    Are the majority of jockeys from Ireland ?

    The 'top' jocks like Ruby AP, BJG, Paddy Brennan are Irish, Choc and Richard Johnson are the best of the English, most jockeys are capable, Barry Cash falls into neither category IMO


  • #3
    UrbanSea
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    Ireland has argubaly the best jockeys(Nh),but in flat the English are just as good.


  • #4
    Morgans
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    99% sure that Maguire is Irish. Adrian Maguire nephew I think IIRC.

    Top english national hunt jockeys are almost a novelty at this stage. Its somewhat more international on the flat, but only somewhat.


  • #5
    larsson7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 70 ✭✭larsson7


    Jason and Adrian are cousins and both definitely Irish


  • #6
    MungoMan
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    why are most good NH jockeys Irish ?

    Do the English not care much for NH ?


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  • #7
    Nulty
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    I only found out at the festival that Richard Hughes is Dessie Hughes' son.

    Theres some amount of nepotism in racing! It's hard to keep track of all the dynasties


  • #8
    UrbanSea
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    Haha,I know,I had heard that a while ago but never made the connection. Doesn't Aidan O'Brian have a nephew in England who is aNH jockey?


  • #9
    mike65
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    MungoMan wrote: »
    why are most good NH jockeys Irish ?

    Do the English not care much for NH ?

    Sure, isn't because of the Pixie gene? ;) Its the heritage of the disipline being handed down. It becomes self perpetuatiing I think.


  • #10
    bit of a bogey
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    RichieLawlor wrote: »
    The 'top' jocks like Ruby AP, BJG, Paddy Brennan are Irish, Choc and Richard Johnson are the best of the English, most jockeys are capable, Barry Cash falls into neither category IMO

    Wat do you mean Barry Cash falls into neither category?? :confused: Bit random but he's an excellent horseman in my opinion??
    Greetings wrote: »
    Doesn't Aidan O'Brian have a nephew in England who is aNH jockey?

    Yeh Tom O' Brien is a NH jockey and is a nephew of aidan!

    Alot of people in the game are related. I guess its the circles they mix in!


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