Kevin Darley (born 5 August 1960, in Penn, Wolverhampton) is a retired

jockey A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...

, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 with 70 wins and Champion Jockey in 2000 with 155 wins. He also won the Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000, and won the Lester Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007. He was associated with a number of trainers including Mark Johnston, for whom he won the English 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and

Sun Chariot Stakes The Sun Chariot Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 ...

on Attraction. He also won the St Leger on Bollin Eric and French Derby on Celtic Swing. Married with two daughters, he retired as a jockey in November 2007, after a disappointing year blighted by niggling injuries.

Statistics

Flat wins in Great Britain by year, from 1988

Major wins

Great Britain *

1,000 Guineas The 1000 Guineas Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile (1,6 ...

- (1) - '' Attraction (2004)'' * Coronation Stakes - (1) - ''Attraction (2004)'' * Dewhurst Stakes - (1) - '' Shamardal (2004)'' * Golden Jubilee Stakes - (1) - ''Malhub (2002)'' * Haydock Sprint Cup - (2) - ''Pipalong (2000), Reverence (2006)'' * Nunthorpe Stakes - (2) - ''Coastal Bluff (1997, dead heat), Reverence (2006)'' * Queen Elizabeth II Stakes - (2) - ''Observatory (2000), Where or When (2002)'' * Racing Post Trophy - (3) - '' Celtic Swing (1994), High Chaparral (2001), Brian Boru (2002)'' *

St. Leger The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a d ...

- (1) - ''Bollin Eric (2002)'' *

- (4) - ''La Confederation (1994), Warning Shadows (1995), Attraction (2004), Peeress (2005)'' * Yorkshire Oaks - (1) - ''Super Tassa (2001)'' ---- Canada *

E. P. Taylor Stakes The E. P. Taylor Stakes is a Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares held annually since 1956 in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is run on the E. P. Taylor turf course at a distance of miles. Originally run as ...

- (1) - ''Fraulein (2002)'' ---- France * Prix du Jockey Club - (1) - ''Celtic Swing (1995)'' * Prix de l'Opéra - (1) - ''Kinnaird (2005)'' ---- Germany * Aral-Pokal - (1) - ''River North (1994)'' * Deutsches Derby - (1) - ''Belenus (1999)'' ---- Ireland * Irish 1,000 Guineas - (1) - ''Attraction (2004)'' * Matron Stakes - (1) - ''Attraction (2005)'' * Moyglare Stud Stakes - (1) - ''Bianca Nera (1996)'' ---- Italy * Premio Presidente della Repubblica - (1) - ''Flagbird (1995)'' * Premio Vittorio di Capua - (1) - ''Port Lucaya (1994)''

External links

Biography
Jockeysroom.com
Profile
National Thoroughbred Racing Association
Kevin Darley
BBC Sport

References

English jockeys Lester Award winners 1960 births Sportspeople from Wolverhampton Living people British Champion flat jockeys British Champion apprentice jockeys __NOTOC__ {{England-horseracing-bio-stub