Isnt it a bit too late? my dream is to be a jockey, famous or not. i love horses, but i'm already ten and i've hardly learned the basics of riding. i am small and light though. hope that'll help
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If you have the talent and the desire you can become a jockey.\nMost jockeys start out by working for a stable as a stable hand and doing various jobs like walking hores in the morning and after races and cleaning stalls in the morning.\n\nIf you are with a good trainer he will put you on some horses in the morning to work them out on the track when he feels you are ready.\n\nThis will be a chance to see if you have the ability and are good with horses.\n\nAnother way that some jockeys learned to ride was to work at a large breeding farm which many of the bigger stables have.\n\nThey are always training young horses and looking at them to see which ones they want to keep if they have bred them for their own stable as opposed to inviduals who send their mares to the farm to be bred.\n\nThe ones they don't want usually go to the auctions where they are sold to the highest bidder.\n\nSeveral young jockeys learn to ride at these farms and it is a more relaxed atmosphere to learn in than the racetrack itself.\n\nAll of these farms have their own training tracks.\n\nSometimes there will be horses on the farm that are recouperating and when they go back into training they need someone to ride them.\n\nI know Sandy Hawley got his start in racing by working at a farm like that.\nIt was probably EP Taylors farm but I'm not 100% sure about that.\n\nAs the first answerer pointed out racing can be a rough business and it does help if you know someone but if you do not, try and find out who some of the better and MORE  HONEST trainers and people are because there are a lot of crooks.\n\nIf you do make it and become a jockey try and stay honest because many do turn crooked or are not above pulling a horse if the price(bribe) is right.\n\nSometimes jockeys at smaller tracks for sure have to follow crooked orders if they do not want to suffer physical harm.I have seen some of the results of those who didn't.\n\nThe Mafia is in thoroughbred and probably harness racing as well(thats even more crooked).\nThey are are also in pro sports but that is another story.\n\nI could tell you more true stories about crooked things and even the worst thing that can happen to a jockey but I don't want to discourage your dream.\n\nIt is an exciting life style and it can be a good life but you have to be careful.\n\nI'm not an authority but I used to spend a lot of time in the summers with a trainer at various tracks when I was younger.They were not major racetracks but it was exciting and I really enjoyed those times.\n\nI also had ideas about becoming a jockey but unfortunately I was more suited to baskeball.\n\nGood luck to you and do your best if that is what you think you would like to do.\nIf you get too big you could still become a trainer or maybe find some other type of work at a track like being a racing offical or even a jockey agent.
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I think it would be possible, but you need to get her into training soon if you do.What's her sire and dam? Well, if you do race her, don't go more than 3 furlongs, it's hard for them.
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Not real sure. You need to go hang around the Horse Track and get talking. You will meet Trainers just keep an eye open and talk to them. You could get you a $5,000 claiming horse and it already know some. Work with it and try to win a few races and people start knowing you. Then look around and buy a reasonable 1-2 year old to start from scratch. You hang around the track you will figure it out.
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It is never too late to start anything.  Go ahead and do it, and enjoy it. Isn't that what life is about?
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Well, the best is definitly well riding!!!  But during the riding, I really enjoy jumping.  It's really awesome to feel airborn for that like half a second!  But the worst thing would be, falling off.  Man it hurts at times!  So, you've got to learn how to fall of properly right, and by the end of your "falling off session" you're pretty darn bruised up!  But it acutally does help the next time you fall off.  And like everyone says, it takes 9 falls to become a real horseman (woman)!
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Start now!  I knew a girl who started late and now owns a studio and danced for many years before that.  Even as a hobby I'd do it for health.  You're never too old.
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Slowly.  It takes time to readjust your life to the world outside of the industry.  Have you given any thought to working in a feed store & horse supply shop.  You know the products & probably know the people too, so that is one option.  Depending on your reasons why you stopped, it's hard to advise you on this subject, especially if you have sustained any type of a physical injury.  If your license was pulled, then that's a whole different thing.  I spent 5 years living on the backside & hotwalking & grooming horses & I miss it, but I don't miss all the bullsh*t that went with it.  I just miss the horses.  I'm probably not helping you at all!
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Yay for you for knowing about Silky Sullivan first off. He was one of the greatest horses of our time and is often over looked. I couldn't find anything about this filly however. But just from experience on a breeding farm, she was probably used as a broodmare after her racing days were over.
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every sport has its risks. i wish my parents had encouraged me in ANY sport when I was a child. i never did anything til I was 35 years old and discovered I had a great talent for distance running. What could I have done in my younger years??? I'll never know....Still my parents are scared I'll be hurt....i pay no attention now, but when I was a child I read books  a lot, that's it.
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Declarations are not in yet for this meeting, but will be later this afternoon - check out www.racingpost.co.uk and click Cards on the left hand side of the page, then select the date you want and finally the course.\n\nAs a rough guide when picking out horses it is always a good idea to look at them in the paddock before the race.  Check to see if they look well (shiny coat, bright eyes, not looking overweight) and how they are reacting to the surroundings.  As a rule of thumb a horse that misbehaves before a race will not run well as they are not concentrating on their job.\n\nFinally pick up a Racing Post tomorrow morning and read through the form guides before you get to the meeting.\n\nHappy racing!
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Go to vet school...do something for yourself...only then will you find the time you're looking for...You'll meet new people and experience other things...what will you do after vet school?...it's all up to you...life is a never ending adventure...thanks for the 10 points but I'd rather have your inheritance...lol
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I always wanted to be a stuntman when I was a boy but somewhat disappointingly I find myself in my twentieth year as a deskbound office junkie. On the up-side I am a published cartoonist and comedy writer in my spare time.
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I understand what your saying. I enjoy stock car racing and would love to start (I'm only 16) but I know how pricey it could get and want to do it on my own with a little help from my mom. I'd suggest sitting down with your parents and seriously talk to them about this. Ask them if you could get a job to help pay for some of the expenses (if you feel you could work) and go from there. I keep hearing it's better to start young. So I wish you luck and hope you achieve what you want. Oh and don't ever stop believing in yourself-whether you start know or 10 years from now at least you'll know you tried!
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You are not too late, you are of a ripe age for the industry. Age has some weight but not a lot, what you need are contacts, enthusiasm, determination and woman power. Show them you can do it. Good luck.
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Ask advice from those who are around your same age, same goals, dreams, etc.  Take awhile and find out if its what "YOU" really want to do, and can you do your best at it and be  successful at it in the future?
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I would suggest reading the book "What Color is Your Parachute?" for starters. Many times you won't know what you should do until you try it - and at 46, I'm just starting on the career I think I was 'meant' to do. HOwever, the experiences I've had leading up to this point were crucial to making me the person I needed to be to do this job. Nothing is a waste. You can be a lifelong learner, and always add something valuable to your life. Begin by volunteering in different areas of interest!
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unless you already have a passion about a particular profession, at 16 you probaly wont know unitl you get out there a bit longer ....i would just try several jobs or intern, or volunteer at many different places to see what suits you...i wanted to be a vet really bad but i cannot stand to see an animal in pain so while it is what i wanted to do, i couldnt do it....