The external workload of thoroughbred horse racing jockeys

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dc.citation.issue18
dc.citation.volume12
dc.contributor.authorLegg K
dc.contributor.authorCochrane D
dc.contributor.authorGee E
dc.contributor.authorRogers C
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-22T02:38:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T01:41:40Z
dc.date.available2020-09-14
dc.date.available2023-08-22T02:38:01Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T01:41:40Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-14
dc.date.updated2023-08-21T22:54:27Z
dc.description© 2020 by the authorsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe objectives of this study were to quantify the external workload of thoroughbred racing jockeys in relation to their experience and racing performance. The number of rides of 786 jockeys and apprentices who rode in 407,948 flat and 13,648 jumps racing starts over 14 seasons were examined. Jockey work (ride numbers, seasons riding) and performance characteristics (race falls or wins) between cohorts with low (1-10), middle (10-200) and high (>200) numbers of rides per season were compared. Flat racing apprentices had more rides per season (25, interquartile range [IQR] 7-97 vs. 14, IQR 3-222, p < 0.001) but fewer rides per race day (2, IQR 1-4 vs. 4, IQR 2-6, p < 0.001) than flat racing jockeys. Flat racing jockeys in the high workload cohort (23%) were responsible for 83% of the race-day rides, riding in a median of 375 (IQR 283-520) races per season. These jockeys had half the fall rate (Incidence rate [IR] 1.0, 95% CI 0.9-1.1) and 1.4 times the success rates per 1000 rides (IR 98, 95% CI 97-99) than jockeys in the low and middle workload cohorts (p < 0.05). Most jockeys had light workloads, greater risk of injury and lower winning rates than the smaller cohort of jockeys with heavier workloads. This disparity in opportunity and success between cohorts indicates inefficiencies within the industry in recruitment and retention of jockeys. These data provide a foundation to further studies investigating jockey competition-specific fitness and its effect on both riding success and reducing injury risk.
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dc.edition.editionSeptember 2020
dc.identifier7572
dc.identifier.citationLegg K, Cochrane D, Gee E, Rogers C. (2020). The external workload of thoroughbred horse racing jockeys. Sustainability (Switzerland). 12. 18.
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12187572
dc.identifier.eissn2071-1050
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/20001
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/18/7572
dc.relation.isPartOfSustainability (Switzerland)
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectequestrian athlete
dc.subjectfitness
dc.subjecthorse
dc.subjectjockey
dc.subjectrider performance
dc.subjectthoroughbred racing
dc.titleThe external workload of thoroughbred horse racing jockeys
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id434940
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