Thank You ‘Xmas Starts Here’ Golf Day!
Charity Golf Day Raises Over £13,000 Celia and Mike Denny once again demonstrated their exceptional commitment to supporting the racing community by organising their annual pre‑Christmas Charity Golf Day at Burhill Golf Club. The event was a resounding success, attracting a full field of 88 golfers who took to the course on a crisp and […]
Ian Balding
Ian Balding was a terrific, Derby winning trainer but in his mind he was first and always a jockey. He had been a jockey, cared about jockeys, made champion jockeys. He was a perfect fit as an IJF Trustee. He was a tremendous all-round sportsman and played rugby at England trial level. But his […]
JETS Interview with Rachel Jones
Tom Scudamore, IJF Trustee, presents the latest JETS award winners; Thomas Brown, Tommy Easton and Conor Rabbitt, alongside Rachel Jones. Today we’re turning the spotlight on JETS — the Jockeys Education and Training Scheme — a charity the Injured Jockeys Fund has supported from the very start when it was launched in 1995. The IJF has […]
Harry Bannister – Post Injury Interview
There’s never a good time to be injured, but for Harry Bannister the shoulder injury he sustained at Lingfield in November came at a particularly unwelcome time, with the jumps season heading into its busiest spell and his own campaign going well. Harry was relieved when an x-ray that evening seemed to confirm that nothing […]
Harry Skelton Interview
Harry Skelton has already enjoyed an unbelievably productive campaign and the best is hopefully yet to come, for he and brother Dan head to Cheltenham with a team he has no hesitation in describing as their “strongest hand by a long way.” Former champion jockey Harry might lag a long way behind runaway leader […]