A CLASS of 22 graduated from the SOLAS/KWETB Trainee Jockey programme at the Racing Academy & Centre of Education (RACE) on Friday June 22nd. The majority of the group are now proceeding to take up employment in the industry.

The group, made up of nine girls and 13 boys, successfully completed the 10-month residential programme and were presented with their certificates and prizes by Joe Osborne and John Oxx at a ceremony on the Kildare campus.