Trainee jockeys graduate from RACE 03 July 2015 Premium

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03 July 2015

Irish Field Contributor on 03 Jul 2015

Trainee jockeys graduate from RACE

Keith Rowe oversees another group of young jockeys graduate from the Academy and head for the next step on their riding careers

Irish Field Contributor

3 July 2015

RACE Students 2015 (left – right) Back row: David Sweeney, Jamie Tierney, Scott McTiernan, Ryan Bates, Peter Coleman, Emma Twomey, Sinead Corrigan, Colin Quinlan, Adrian Fitzgerald Middle row: Jamie Colgan, Halena Leneghan, Jack Collins, Sadhbh Gannon, Shane Mulcahy, Sean Davis, Ellen Hennessy, Lauren Gorevan, David O’Brien, Katie Lawless Front row: Thomas Sherry, Niamh Cassidy, Amy O’Hanlon, Conor Heavey, James Farrelly, Siobhan Rutledge, Hayley O’Sullivan, Matthew Lynch, Daryl Ralp

Trainee Jockey of the Year award presented to Jack Collins by Johnny Murtagh.

Shane Mulcah,y runner-up in the Jockey of Year with Johnny Murtagh

Siobhan Rutledge, who won the IRTA-sponsored Derek O’Sullivan Award being presented with her prize by Johnny Murtagh.

Most Improved Rider – Thomas Sherry with Johnny Murtagh

Best Academic Performance by Niamh Cassidy with John Oxx

Most Improved Rider – Matthew Lynch with Johnny Murtagh

Best Classroom Effort award – James Farrelly with John Oxx

Sadhbh Gannon - the Derek O’Sullivan award runner up with John Oxx

A TOTAL of 28 young people graduated from the SOLAS/KWETB Trainee Jockey programme at the Racing Academy & Centre of Education (RACE) on Friday, June 26th and most are proceeding to take up immediate employment in the industry.