Example sentences of "jockeys ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though ridden by Graham McCourt , then third in the jump jockeys ' table , Norton 's Coin was a rank outsider . |
| 2 | Winter then suffered an attack of cramp in the jockeys ' changing room and had to be assisted in preparing for the ride on Mandarin . |
| 3 | On National day John Kempton also had a runner at Worcester — Three Dons in a novice hurdle — and opted to take the ride there : having duly won , he settled down in the jockeys ' changing room to watch the National on television , safe in the knowledge that his father Jack was at Liverpool to supervise Foinavon 's forlorn attempt . |
| 4 | But watching the race on TV in the jockeys ' room he still summoned the energy to cheer his erstwhile mount home . |
| 5 | The late Tim Brookshaw , not famous for faint-heartedness , danced an eloquent jig on top of the last fence at Leicester to show how hard it was , and one day there was almost a jockeys ' strike at Plumpton . |
| 6 | Kelly sat in the jockeys ' stand at Sandown and gave a quiet laugh . |
| 7 | By seven , when the first race was run , it was under floodlighting , the jockeys ' colours brilliant against the backdrop of night . |
| 8 | Boogie Bopper has an ideal chance to make a successful debut over timber in the Lake Conditional Jockeys ' Selling Hurdle ( 12.30 ) . |
| 9 | Richard Dunwoody , 17 ahead of Peter Scudamore in the jockeys ' championship after a treble on Saturday , was yesterday trimmed to 4-7 ( from 4-6 ) by Coral for the title . |
| 10 | Now 18 clear in the jockeys ' table , the Ulsterman has the Midas touch at present and he must be regretting that next week the seasonal festivities mean three days without racing . |
| 11 | PETER Scudamore 's seven-season monopoly on the champion jump jockeys ' title could be under threat , according to the bookies . |
| 12 | The Welsh farmer 's son had the 1988 conditional jockeys ' title already in the bag , and the ink was hardly dry on a retainer with Lambourn handler Captain Tim Forster . |
| 13 | Blessed with a perfect 9st 5lb race riding physique , he is immune from the lettuce leaf diet and stamina-sapping sauna sessions which are the bane of so many jockeys ' lives . |
| 14 | Reid will be attending a big jockeys ' meeting at York when whips will be among the subjects under discussion . |
| 15 | Roberts , who now needs just three winners to reach 150 for the season , is 22 ahead of Pat Eddery in the jockeys ' title race . |
| 16 | The 30-year-old rode 313 winners in South Africa this season to land his fifth jockeys ' title in record style . |
| 17 | PAT EDDERY can kiss goodbye to the jockeys ' championship after he losing his appeal yesterday against the careless riding ban imposed last week by the York stewards . |
| 18 | And a lot of people have rallied round Terry Biddlecombe , very popular man , Injured Jockeys ' Fund among others and he 's back in the back in the swim fully employed and in action for Mackeson today at er Cheltenham . |
| 19 | He has forged a highly successful partnership with apprentice Steve Maloney , who led the turf jockeys ' table for half an hour after winning the season 's first race yesterday . |
| 20 | But he rolled back the years wearing his old jockeys ' uniform in the Radcliffe Selling Stakes at Nottingham . |
| 21 | GEORGE Duffield is still in hot pursuit of Pat Eddery at the top of this season 's jockeys ' table . |
| 22 | Eddery , winner of the Royal Ascot jockeys ' title four times since 1986 , has a powerful book of rides for the four day showpiece meeting . |
| 23 | The Jockeys ' Association secretary , Michael Caulfield , said he heard the news of the rule change with ‘ horrific disbelief . ’ |
| 24 | PETER SCUDAMORE , facing a powerful double challenge to his jockeys ' title , grabbed back the advantage with a masterful winning ride at Exeter today . |
| 25 | And at Uttoxeter , Adrian Maguire has a good chance of stretching Peter Scudamore at the top of the jockeys ' table with the help of prolific winner Sillars Stalker , who makes his seasonal bow in the David NorrisTom Pepper Handicap Hurdle . |
| 26 | Following those frustrations , Dettori only narrowly avoided a final disaster when jockeys ' planes were unable to take off from Newmarket owing to high winds . |
| 27 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 28 | Dunwoody moved level with Peter Scudamore at the top of the jockeys ' table when completing a 20-1 double on My Senor ( 7-1 ) in the Cold Ash Novices Hurdle . |
| 29 | The suspension tarnished the day for the Irishman who joined Peter Scudamore at the top of the jockeys ' table mark after landing a double . |