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There's no thrill like riding a one-thousand pound charging horse – for the right people, at least. It reminds you of the romantic image of the knights of the Middle Ages, without the armor and the lances, of course, but with the same danger of falling off and getting trampled or worse, killed.
If you want to become a racehorse jockey, your preparation starts way before your racing career. In fact, you can not hope to race if you do not start working around horses early enough in your life. Once you have ascertained that you want to pursue a career as a jockey in horse racing, and you do not have a stable or farm of your own, you need to seek out a horse trainer and ask if you can serve as a groomer or hot walker in his stable. Seek to learn all you can about grooming horses and studying their attitudes and anatomy during this experience.
Once you feel that you have garnered enough experience at the race track or stable, you can enroll in a professional jockey school where you can get certain licenses after a specified period. You will receive a pony boy's license first and an exercise boy's license afterwards.
You can then begin apprenticeship under an experienced jockey, under the approval of a track official, so you can start training for your first schooling races. These are formal trainings given by certain racetracks. Once you have successfully completed this program, you will receive your competitive racing license which paves the way for a long (hopefully) and successful (hopefully, too) career on the track.
Do not forget to get insurance since being a racehorse jockey is a potentially life-threatening occupation. Injuries suffered from a fall can easily end your career or your life so do not be surprised that this has one of the highest insurance premiums in the industry.
Always be in the best physical shape since strength and athleticism is needed to control a horse more than a thousand pounds in weight and running at 40 miles per hour. Most jockeys weigh around a hundred pounds and stand no taller than 5 feet 6 inches tall.
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