Bath Quote by Tony McCoy

It will not surprise you to learn that it is not uncommon for jockeys who struggle with their weight to starve themselves and spend…

— Tony McCoy

Most trainers here, they ride whoever's hot. If they get cold, boom, they get rid of him. But for some reason, I stick with…

— Bob Baffert

Many of us in the jockeys' room are wasting to ride many pounds below our natural weight, but all the while you are doing…

— Tony McCoy

There is a lot of pressure and you're trying to find the right jockey. These guys ride all year long and they can't stay…

— Bob Baffert

I never realised that to become a jockey you needed to be a horse first.

— Arrigo Sacchi

I might have been a jockey, you know. I started by riding horses bareback and holding on to the mane before they finally threw…

— Alex Higgins

A good jockey has to be physically well balanced. They have to possess a strong upper body and a strong lower body. You've gotta…

— Chantal Sutherland

“But for all its miseries, there was an unmistakable allure to the jockey's craft... Man is preoccupied with freedom yet laden with handicaps. The…

— Laura Hillenbrand

If you have a horse that isn't winning any races, sooner or later you have to get a new jockey.

— Charles Oakley

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

— Arrigo Sacchi

It's not all about strength, there is so much more involved, getting the horse into a rhythm, getting the horse to try for you,…

— Michelle Payne

It's a tough world but female jockeys have been successful so many times that hopefully the perception of riding against the boys will change…

— Michelle Payne