A NEW sponsored insurance scheme will provide professional jockeys with greater financial security should they suffer a career-ending injury.

The appearance of the ‘Stobart’ logo on jockeys’ breeches at Galway this week coincided with the launch of the three-year deal which guarantees that all Irish Jockeys Association (IJA) members, should they suffer a career-ending injury, will be fully insured and offers them and their families’ greater financial security for their retirement than any other previous schemes.