jockey
noun
a person who rides horses professionally in races.
jockeyship
-
a word derived from
jockey.
Example Sentences
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Dunaden should have given Sea Moon more of a race last time over course and distance but for bad luck and some less than inspired jockeyship from Christophe Lemaire.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 20, 2012
His horsemanship on a mount who had clouted two fences on the first circuit had some of the best judges of jockeyship cooing up in the stands.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2011
National Hunt's eternal champion has annexed the most physically debilitating activity this side of boxing, in a golden age of jockeyship.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2010
"Dizzy is going to let Gladstone have a walk over for the first racing, but I suspect that the real jockeyship will be to make the first and last heats the race."
From Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II by Edmund Downey
He declares that he had no interest in politics, which he regarded as a species of "jockeyship."
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway
