Author name: Alan Johns

Alan Johns is a professional jump jockey. He wrote a first-person column for the DragonBet blog on life inside the weighing room.

Horse Racing

Unwritten rules of racing: giving a fellow jockey a shout & racing for a Mars Bar

Alan Johns / 2023-10-31

As a jockey, there are the laws of the game enforced by the BHA that we have to abide by. […]

Horse Racing

To Poke, Or Not To Poke . . . Some Unwritten Laws of the Racecourse Highway

Alan Johns / 2023-10-19

Life is full of rules. Some of them are written into law, others you learn from experience. Being a jockey

Horse Racing

Why has my horse jumped off in last place? | Alan Johns

Alan Johns / 2023-07-11

An area of horse racing that I feel like is not explained often enough is race-riding tactics and why certain

Horse Racing

Doing The Donkey Work | Alan Johns

Alan Johns / 2023-07-11

I regularly hear TV commentators & pundits describing the horse making the running as “doing the donkey work”. This implies

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