Jockey douglas whyte

If you can take an inch from what you learn from him and try to emulate that then success is possible. And what sets him apart from his rival trainers today is being able to ride and read a horse as well as ever. He can be seen riding out on most of his own lots at Sha Tin track work each morning. I suppose work never killed anybody. When I was a jockey, I always loved being part of the thinking and planning and training procedures. Then you would just jump off and give your opinion.

You are basically a pilot and then you are back on again for the next gallop trial or race. Douglas is obsessive and passionate about his new pursuit and exudes a genuine love for the horse. My biggest problem is I get too fond of them and close to them. I put them first, second and third.

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Please click confirm to resume now. Sponsored Offers. Kami menyarankan Anda mengupdate browser Anda untuk pengalaman yang lebih baik. Nyalakan JavaScript di browser Anda untuk melihat semua konten di halaman ini. At about 6pm on Monday night, Douglas Whyte's phone rang and he was told his riding career was over. But there were no tears of sadness about the end, which comes on February 10, only joy about a new chapter opening after the Jockey Club licensing committee granted him a training licence for the season.

Whyte is a legend in Hong Kong, that is what happens when you ride 1,odd winners and collect 13 straight jockeys' championships, but he is not dwelling on what he has achieved, only thinking about what is to come.

He is just the second person given the opportunity to go straight from the saddle to the trainers' tower, following in the footsteps of another Hong Kong hero, Tony Cruz. It is an opportunity too good to refuse, so Whyte will finish up his riding career on February 10 before beginning preparations for his next job.