New Posts For Thread: List of Heights of all Uk and Ire jockeyshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeysDoes anyone know if there is a list of these anywhere?Googling the names only gives the top jockeys.Any help much appreciated.Fred Archer was 5ft 10ins. That ended badly.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558714617#558714617Fred Archer was 5ft 10ins. That ended badly.Fri, 24 Jan 2020 04:09:11 -0600Not that it will be much use to the "system builder" now but the O'Brien brothers are both around 5' 11" and George B is reputedly 6ft. Brother Zak looked pretty tall at Plumpton on Monday!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558714491#558714491Not that it will be much use to the "system builder" now but the O'Brien brothers are both around 5' 11" and George B is reputedly 6ft. Brother Zak looked pretty tall at Plumpton on Monday!Fri, 24 Jan 2020 03:21:46 -0600Tbf you don't see to many black midgets.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558714185#558714185Tbf you don't see to many black midgets.Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:10:51 -0600It ought to be reasonably easy to compile a rough list of relative heights from pictures of jockeys entering the parade ring.I'm not really sure what you'd do with the information but it might be interesting. More useful would be arm and leg length,https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558714183#558714183It ought to be reasonably easy to compile a rough list of relative heights from pictures of jockeys entering the parade ring.I'm not really sure what you'd do with the information but it might be interesting. More useful would be arm and leg length,Fri, 24 Jan 2020 00:02:54 -0600Dambuster - there is a photo in one of my old racing books (Cope's?) captioned "Doug Smith talks to an apprentice" - Doug Smith was not a tall jockey but the apprentice is about belt high and looks about 10. I will try to dig it out. Can't get neahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558712713#558712713Dambuster - there is a photo in one of my old racing books (Cope's?) captioned "Doug Smith talks to an apprentice" - Doug Smith was not a tall jockey but the apprentice is about belt high and looks about 10. I will try to dig it out. Can't get neaThu, 23 Jan 2020 15:22:05 -0600theres a system brewing im betting its a wind resistance type of systemhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558709881#558709881theres a system brewing im betting its a wind resistance type of systemThu, 23 Jan 2020 06:07:18 -0600I think i read on the brilliant jockeypedia website, that a jockey in the 1880s was only 2ft 7in, and only weighed 3 stone somethinghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558709859#558709859I think i read on the brilliant jockeypedia website, that a jockey in the 1880s was only 2ft 7in, and only weighed 3 stone somethingThu, 23 Jan 2020 06:01:45 -0600The Angry Ant 4ft 10in and Lester 5ft 8in.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558709837#558709837The Angry Ant 4ft 10in and Lester 5ft 8in.Thu, 23 Jan 2020 05:57:44 -0600... Mobile Phone records would be more interesting.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558709713#558709713... Mobile Phone records would be more interesting.Thu, 23 Jan 2020 05:26:13 -0600https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31611421/list-of-heights-of-all-uk-and-ire-jockeys?post_id=558709649#558709649Thu, 23 Jan 2020 05:07:25 -0600