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comradecloser
23 Jan 20 11:04
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Does anyone know if there is a list of these anywhere?Googling the names only gives the top jockeys.Any help much appreciated.
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Report Deltâ January 23, 2020 11:07 AM GMT
Laugh
Report GLASGOWCALLING January 23, 2020 11:26 AM GMT
... Mobile Phone records would be more interesting. Happy
Report kevo January 23, 2020 11:57 AM GMT
The Angry Ant 4ft 10in and Lester 5ft 8in.
Report dambuster January 23, 2020 12:01 PM GMT
I think i read on the brilliant jockeypedia website, that a jockey in the 1880s was only 2ft 7in, and only weighed 3 stone something
Report hello :-) January 23, 2020 12:07 PM GMT
theres a system brewing

im betting its a wind resistance type of system
Report blackbarn January 23, 2020 9:22 PM GMT
Dambuster - 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 near 3 stone, but there were loads of apprentices even as late as the early 1960's who could do 5 stone.
Report Ramruma January 24, 2020 6:02 AM GMT
It 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, though you'd think that would favour Black jockeys like, erm, yeah, so maybe not.
Report acey deucy January 24, 2020 6:10 AM GMT
Tbf you don't see to many black midgets.Laugh
Report blackbarn January 24, 2020 9:21 AM GMT
Not 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!
Report salmon spray January 24, 2020 10:09 AM GMT
Fred Archer was 5ft 10ins. That ended badly.
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