Jockeys: The Podcast | Racing TV
Jockeys: The Podcast | Racing TV
Podcast Description
The highest highs and the lowest lows. No other sport requires even their very greatest athletes to lose 80% of the time - so how do you handle it when the losing streak won't stop or when you're left in the weighing room watching someone else ride the horse who used to be your mount to a valuable success? Ex-jockey Adam McNamara talks to some of the biggest names in the sport in the UK to hear more about their lives in and out of the saddle.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes related to the life of jockeys, including the pressures of competition, personal challenges, and evolving industry dynamics. Episodes cover a range of specific topics such as mental health in racing, female jockey representation, and career transitions, with examples including discussions about ADHD in jockeying, the impact of injuries on riding careers, and candid reflections on life outside the saddle.
The highest highs and the lowest lows. No other sport requires even their very greatest athletes to lose 80% of the time – so how do you handle it when the losing streak won’t stop or when you’re left in the weighing room watching someone else ride the horse who used to be your mount to a valuable success? Ex-jockey Adam McNamara talks to some of the biggest names in the sport in the UK to hear more about their lives in and out of the saddle.
Fresh from breaking his Group 1 duck, Jack Mitchell joins Adam McNamara to say why he’s more than worthy of just second string rides and give his views on the new crops of riders, why he WOULDN’T want his ids to follow in his footsteps and how he’s channeling his inner Tom Cruise!
1:15 – Training to be a airplane pilot
2:00 – Dream is to fly to a meeting, ride a winner and fly off again
3:25 – Everything will kill you, do something fun
4:00 – Keeping a positive mindset
5:00 – Abuse on social media
6:00 – Putting younger lads back in their box
8:00 – How younger Jockeys act around the weighing room
9:00 – Being 2nd Jockey a lot of the time
11:20 – Wanting a first role
12:00 – Creating my own WhatsApp group
12:30 – First G1 success
13:50 – Jockeys celebrating success more
15:20 – Feeling of leading a big winner back in
17:30 – Family life but not wanting them to get into racing
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