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Amazing, a UK flat jockey gets around £230 per ride. Live within ones means..
I wonder if this episode influenced the USA decision.I guess it did, Landafar. He was gone too fast and had no intention to return to riding even at Royal Ascot the year after.
“Amazing, a UK flat jockey gets around £230 per ride.”
Not yet they don’t – this is the latest figure, with that update being from Feb this year:
“The BHA Board has subsequently determined that riding fees shall increase by 3.0% from 1st February, which means that the amount payable to Flat jockeys will increase from £162.79 to £167.67”
The figure you quote applies to jump jockeys (£227.92 per ride). Who oddly also get that sum for riding in a NH flat race!
And from that, he’ll pay 10% to his valet and 10% to his agent.
But riding fees would be small beer to a jockey at his level anyway. His prize money share and his shares in stallions that he rode to Group 1 wins would be his major source of income. It was non declaration of the latter that led to Lester having similar problems with the Revenue men.
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