FORMER junior European show jumping champion Kate Derwin had her first ride on the track as an amateur jockey last Friday at Listowel.

The 19-year-old Athlone native, who won all around her as an underage rider in ponies and during her time riding horses, made the switch to racing at the end of last year and works at Joseph O’Brien’s Carriganóg Racing at Owning Hill in Co Kilkenny.