Jim Crowley (jockey)
Jim Crowley is a British jockey who competes in Flat racing and was British flat racing Champion Jockey for the 2016 season.
Crowley comes from Ascot and after beginning his horse racing career as an amateur flat race jockey he switched to National Hunt racing, riding for the stable of Sue Smith. He rode approximately 300 winners in National Hunt racing before returning back to Flat racing and riding for his sister-in-law, Amanda Perrett, at Pulborough. In 2010 he became stable jockey for Ralph Beckett's stable.[1] Crowley won his first British champion jockeys' title in 2016, beating the 2015 champion, Silvestre de Sousa, into second place and breaking the record for most winners ridden in a month with 46 victories in September.[2]
Major wins
- Prix Jean Prat - (1) - Lord Shanakill (2009)
- King's Stand Stakes - (1) - Prohibit (2011)
References
- ↑ "Jim Crowley". British Champions Series. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Crowley: Championship a dream win". Sporting Life. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
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