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2006-10-03 04:29:26 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Horse Racing
a jockey
2006-10-03 04:31:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is two answers complete answers:
1. For thoroughbred racing the person is called a "jockey" or
a "rider". The person sits on the horse.
Originally from the year 1529, the word "jockey" is a term
for "boy, fellow," originally a Scottish proper name, variant of
Jack.
The meaning altered to a "person who rides horses in
races" first attested 1670.
2. For standardbred racing the person is called a "driver". He is
called a driver since the person is seated in a sulky to which
the horse pulls foreward. He "drives" with the reigns and a
whip from the sulky or cart so the person does not sit on the
horse but travels behind the horse.
Most sulkies look alike to the person in the grandstand, but
there are different styles and models, and drivers have their
own preferences.
A jog cart, used for morning trading sessions, is longer and
heavier than the racing sulky and more comfortable for the
drivers, who can stretch out their legs.
Once made of wood exclusively, the ‘modified’ sulkies of today
often utilize aluminium and space age alloys for strength and
lightness. And if the fan can’t tell the difference, the horse can.
To see a sulky driver in action:
http://www.jeraldsulky.com/jeraldRacingLeaderSulky.html
2006-10-05 10:10:46 · answer #2 · answered by triopstor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Person Riding Horse
2016-11-16 09:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by cubelo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having a pony accompany the horse to the gate is something of an American innovation. When an English or European horse comes over here to race and resolutely makes his or her way to the gate without a pony, it makes me a little sad to see the rest of the field being led. Being ponied does offer a little bit of safety, and having several ponies available to catch a horse that drops its rider is a good thing. But I think it's custom more than any real advantage that has the pony accompanying the racehorse to the start. I also wonder how many racehorses are kicked by their pony on the way to post. I know it doesn't happen often, but it does happen. Personally, I think that if British/European racehorses can go to the post by themselves, there's no reason our American racehorses couldn't.
2016-03-19 07:06:36 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-03 05:54:19 · answer #5 · answered by abhijeet l 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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What do we call the man who rides a horse at the horse races?
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2015-08-08 05:58:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a jockey
2006-10-03 11:32:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You would call him or her a jockey.
2006-10-05 06:03:38 · answer #9 · answered by ponygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-03 04:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by fireproof 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋