Rupert Walsh was born on 14th May 1979 in County Kildare – Ireland. Walsh is the second child of Ted Walsh, another legendary Irish jockey. Like several of his contemporaries,Walsh was primarily inspired by his father’s interest in horses.

As a result of his father’s excellent performance in competitive races, Ruby Walsh showed encouraging talent from a very tender age. As a notable example of his early involvement in horse racing, the determined youth attained two distinct amateur wins in 1997/97 and 1997/8. After these significant breakthroughs which came as the jockey marked his 18th birthday, Walsh immediately joined professional riding – emboldened and with a renewed sense of optimism off the back of these early wins.

At the age of 20, Ruby Walsh won a maiden victory in the Grand National in 2000, marking the beginning of an unforgettable racing career. He achieved the remarkable feat riding Papillon, a horse coincidentally trained by his own father and owned by a certain Mrs. J Maxwell Moran. On top of that, both son and father triumphed in the Irish Grand National with Commanche Court that same year.

After the revered Tony McCoy took a permanent break from competitive racing in 2015, Ruby became the only active rider to have clinched all four Nationals. This has led to the longstanding winner becoming a popular and respected professional rider in Ireland and across the world.

Ruby Walsh enjoys a colorful career record featuring 2000 winners – 52 of them at the Cheltenham Festival. His favorites horses include Alexander Banquet (1998), Kauto Star (2007), Azertyuiop (2004) and Master Minded (2009).

One of the leading Irish jockeys, Daryl Jacob has been extensively lauded for his racing achievements. Riding for Paul Nicholls at the time Ruby Walsh served as the number-one trainer jockey, Daryl Jacob was lucky to benefit from these two doubly inspiring sporting figures. Upon Ruby’s later exit as the top-rank rider for the renowned stable owner, Daryl became the leading jockey for Nicholls, a career milestone that helped to catapult his name to higher echelons.

Having gradually fine-tuned his riding prowess under the gaze of the highly regarded Paul Nicholls’s coaching facility, Daryl Jacob soon started showing  signs of unmistakable success. The then less accomplished (than Ruby Walsh) student inked his influence on the world map by experiencing some success at the 2011 Cheltenham festival on the very first occasion.

Shortly after, Daryl achieved race course triumph on Lac Fontana, in the O Brien County Handicap Hurdle on the very last day of the championship event. While a broken leg and a fractured elbow would later take him away from the public limelight for quitte some time, the inimitable winner fully recovered and shocked all after clinching the 2012 Grand National atop the grey-tinged Neptune Collonges.

Jim Crowley emerged as British flat racing Champion Jockey in the 2016 racing season. Mr. Crowley is from Ascot and was initially a National Hunt jockey at the time of his successful pupilage at the Sue Smith’s stable. Prior to switching to flat racing, the immensely talented rider registered an estimated 300 wins in various National Hunt meetings.

Mostly riding for his sister-in-law – Amanda Perrett at Pulborough – the talented jockey also made the most out of a notable stint as a stable jockey for Ralph Beckett in 2010. Working diligently the gifted rider managed his first ever flat racing win in 2016. This achievement didn’t come on a silver platter because the trailblazer had to shake off a great deal of stiff competition from Silvestre de Sousa – the previous year’s champion.

In 2016, Crowley made the headlines after landing a lucrative deal as the first-choice jockey for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum. Coming within the same year that he attained his first British flat racing honors, the auspicious recognition increased his reputation in the sport yet further. As of August 2016, Jim Crowley had amassed a total of 38 major career wins.

Luke Morris is well-known English jockey who was born on 20th October, 1988. Born in Oxford and trained at the British Racing School at Newmarket, the young rider’s profile has been on a steady rise over the last decade. Once apprenticed to renowned trainer Michael Bell, Morris remains one of the most promising jockeys on the racing scene.

His very first race course win happened in November 2005. Years later he attracted widespread admiration when he steered Gilt Edge Girl to a decisive victory in the 2010 Ballyogan Stakes. Within the same year, the youthful champion attained yet another feat with success in the internationally watched Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp. Since then, his star has risen more and more.

Many mainstream news outlets have described Luke Morris as the most hardworking jockey in Britain, if not in the whole of Europe. According to some in the racing fraternity, Morris is known to have shwn his interest in racing, as as yung an age as seven. As a senior sports columnist aptly stated – “there’s no stopping Luke Morris…”

As an emphatic testament to his reputation as one of the busiest jockeys in Europe, Morris marked his 1,330 ride in mid 2016 – 100 more than anyone else!