THERE was a successful media screening in Dublin of the two-part documentary on female jump jockeys which is about to hit our television screens. Jump Girls will be shown on TG4 at 9.30pm across two Thursday nights – February 21st and 28th.

Produced by Touchline Media, the company founded by Denis Kirwan and Stephen Cullinane, the documentary was directed by Luke McManus. This is the team responsible for the award-winning features Arkle - The Legend Lives On and Jump Boys.

Jump Girls features seven women making their living at the top of Irish National Hunt racing – trainer Jessica Harrington and her daughters Kate and Emma, and jockeys Rachael Blackmore, Katie Walsh, Lisa O’Neill, and Katie O’Farrell.