NHRA Female Jockey permanent sex allowance.

mr hawaii wrote:

you can give certain appies 4kg for the duration on their careers and they still won't make it - Far better to weed out the unnatural riders early instead of creating expensive workriders - A panel of former riders should asses appies after a certain amount of rides and either give them a technical pass or put them on notice - Just because you are small and love horses does not mean you can or should ride in races. Some 4kg claimers could stop Baaeed in a Greyville Maiden. With today's technology each appie should have a mentor(retired or presently riding senior rider) that can go through their replays and correct faults instead of forcing non-starters through the system. A MR 60 running in a Gr1 carrying 20kg less than the others is still a MR 60 and will run accordingly.

Muhtiman wrote:

.....but remember that Rachel and Lyle never went to the academy directly.....they were both work riders....and then became apprentices under SAJA.....Lyle then did his apprenticeship at the SAJA facility at Randjies under Robert Moore....

mr hawaii wrote:

Muhtiman wrote:

.....but remember that Rachel and Lyle never went to the academy directly.....they were both work riders....and then became apprentices under SAJA.....Lyle then did his apprenticeship at the SAJA facility at Randjies under Robert Moore....

the point is why are they wasting money on schooling these kids? you don't need 15yr olds riding races - let them mature both mentally and physically before you take them in(lots won't make it because natural weight gain will stop them thankfully).. i remember the cost i heard per appy training was a million rand - get rid of school and your cost drops and then all time dedicated to racing- imagine the pressure of studying plus riding and studying form - doctors lawyers etc finish school before starting careers why are horse riders different?