jockey
noun
a person who rides horses professionally in races.
Example Sentences
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They press vinyl to sell at shows, and it gets into the hands of disc jockeys at ever-larger radio stations with an increasing number of watts behind their broadcasts.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
Catsimatidis even hired one of WABC’s legendary disc jockeys, Bruce Morrow — known to millions of baby boomers as Cousin Brucie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026
She added: "Only around 2-3% of licensed jockeys come from these communities, far below the national average, so we hope that Aamilah is the first of many to come through the ranks and succeed."
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
He says he knows from experience the perilous nature of racing, with jockeys balanced over a saddle the size of a large handkerchief and horses bunched together running up to 40 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Most jockeys took a more straightforward approach: the radical diet, consisting of six hundred calories a day.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
