Hayley Turner
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Hayley Turner is a professional jockey
based in the United Kingdom. She was born on 3 January 1983.
Turner is widely considered to be the first woman to achieve a sustained, day-in, day-out, successful career as a professional jockey in the UK. Kirsty Milczarek
and Cathy Gannon are the two other female jockeys currently riding in the UK who have come closest to following Turner's achievements. Hayley Turner's success has seen an enormous increase in the number of female apprentice jockeys riding in the UK in the second decade of the 21st century.
She became the first female rider to ride 100 UK Flat race winners during a calendar year (a huge achievement for any rider), when winning on 'Mullitovermaurice' at Wolverhampton
on 30 December 2008. 2008 also saw Turner ride in over 900 races in the UK - one of only five riders to achieve the milestone that year.
The 2011 Racing season has so far seen Turner ride at least her second highest tally of winners, putting her on track to beat her personal record of 100 winners in a year. Also, in January, Turner had her first race-rides at the Meydan
racecourse in Dubai
, as part of the annual Dubai Racing Carnival. In July
2011 Hayley rode her first Group 1 winner, Dream Ahead in the July Cup
at Newmarket
, and repeated the trick the following month winning the Group 1
Nunthorpe Stakes
on Margot Did during York racecourse
's Ebor Meeting.
. She has become one of racing's most popular and well regarded riders. Hayley is respected for her down-to-earth personality, no-nonsense, sensible race-riding and toughness in a finish.
Hayley's first ride in public was aboard Markellis at Southwell
on 27 March 2000. Her first winning ride was on Generate at Pontefract
on 4 June 2000. She rode her first Group
winner on Lady Deauville in the Lando-Trophy
in Germany on 16 November 2008.
Hayley has ridden winners for a great deal of trainers but is best known for her ongoing and successful association with Newmarket based Derby
winning trainer Michael Bell, with whom she was apprenticed in 2005 when winning the Champion Apprentice title. She was joint Champion Apprentice
with Saleem Golam with 44 winners in 2005. Since then she has silenced the doubters by bucking the trend of champion apprentices subsequently struggling with their careers by going from success to success. She was voted as Channel 4
's Racing Personality for 2008.
High profile handicap wins in 2008 on Furnace at Chester
and Ascot
raised Hayley Turner into the higher echelons of the weighing room, as did wins on The Betchworth Kid.
In March 2009, Hayley was badly injured in an accident putting a horse through starting stalls on the Newmarket
gallops, which initially threatened to sideline her for the rest of the year. She made some guest appearances as a pundit on Channel 4 Racing
during this time. However, when fresh medical evidence allowed her to return to race-riding in mid-summer she was instantly back to riding successfully. Hayley ended the year on 60 winners, her second highest figure despite missing much of the season.
The 2010 Flat racing year continued to be successful for Hayley; highlights included a first Group 1 ride on Barshiba in the Nassau Stakes
at Glorious Goodwood
, and winning the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks
on the same horse at Haydock
a month earlier; and a successful partnership with classy two year old Margot Did, which included two winners and second places in two Group 3s and a Group 2.
On 9 July 2011, she rode her first Group 1
winner in the July Cup
, on the David Simock trained Dream Ahead. This also represented the first-ever woman to ride a group 1 winner outright; Alex Greaves having previously head-deated in the Nunthorpe Stakes
. Turner followed up in August 2011 with a second Group 1 success, on board Margot Did in the Nunthorpe Stakes
at York
.
Turner is like many UK Flat jockeys based in Newmarket, Suffolk, also the base of her main employer Michael Bell.
Hayley is also one of few top class sportsmen or women, who admit to suffering from Coeliac Disease
.
Hayley Turner is an active and popular Twitter user. During the early years of Hayley's career a popular website and racing forum was devoted to her. It subsequently closed, however of 2011 a new, small unofficial fansite has opened at http://www.hayleyturner.com.
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
based in the United Kingdom. She was born on 3 January 1983.
Turner is widely considered to be the first woman to achieve a sustained, day-in, day-out, successful career as a professional jockey in the UK. Kirsty Milczarek
Kirsty Milczarek
Kirsty Milczarek is a professional jockey, riding in thoroughbred horse races. She is of Polish descent but was born in the UK, where she is based in Newmarket.-Riding career:...
and Cathy Gannon are the two other female jockeys currently riding in the UK who have come closest to following Turner's achievements. Hayley Turner's success has seen an enormous increase in the number of female apprentice jockeys riding in the UK in the second decade of the 21st century.
She became the first female rider to ride 100 UK Flat race winners during a calendar year (a huge achievement for any rider), when winning on 'Mullitovermaurice' at Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...
on 30 December 2008. 2008 also saw Turner ride in over 900 races in the UK - one of only five riders to achieve the milestone that year.
The 2011 Racing season has so far seen Turner ride at least her second highest tally of winners, putting her on track to beat her personal record of 100 winners in a year. Also, in January, Turner had her first race-rides at the Meydan
Meydan Racecourse
Meydan Racecourse is able to accommodate over 60,000 spectators in a 1 mile long grandstand. When not used for races it will serve as a business and conference integrated facility. A horse racing museum and gallery are also planned...
racecourse in Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, as part of the annual Dubai Racing Carnival. In July
July
July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of seven months with the length of 31 days. It is, on average, the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere...
2011 Hayley rode her first Group 1 winner, Dream Ahead in the July Cup
July Cup
The July Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in July....
at Newmarket
Newmarket Racecourse
The town of Newmarket, in Suffolk, England, is the headquarters of British horseracing, home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping...
, and repeated the trick the following month winning the Group 1
Group 1
*Group 1 element, a chemical element classification for Alkali metal*Group 1 , a historic classification for Touring car racing, applied to standard touring cars...
Nunthorpe Stakes
Nunthorpe Stakes
The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....
on Margot Did during York racecourse
York Racecourse
York Racecourse is a horse racing track in the southwest of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England with a spectator capacity of 60,000. The most famous race to be held at York on an annual basis is the Ebor Handicap, which is run during the Ebor Festival meeting in August...
's Ebor Meeting.
Racing career
Hayley Turner grew up in north NottinghamshireNottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...
. She has become one of racing's most popular and well regarded riders. Hayley is respected for her down-to-earth personality, no-nonsense, sensible race-riding and toughness in a finish.
Hayley's first ride in public was aboard Markellis at Southwell
Southwell Racecourse
Southwell Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located near Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of only five racecourses in the UK to have an all-weather track...
on 27 March 2000. Her first winning ride was on Generate at Pontefract
Pontefract Racecourse
Pontefract Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.Pontefract is one of the best appointed courses of its kind in the country. There are modern bars and refreshment areas in all enclosures....
on 4 June 2000. She rode her first Group
Conditions races
Conditions races are horse races where the weights carried by the runners are laid down by the conditions attached to the race. Weights are allocated according to; the sex of the runners, with female runners carrying less weight than males; the age of the runners, with younger horses receiving...
winner on Lady Deauville in the Lando-Trophy
Hessen-Pokal
The Hessen-Pokal is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Frankfurt over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in November....
in Germany on 16 November 2008.
Hayley has ridden winners for a great deal of trainers but is best known for her ongoing and successful association with Newmarket based Derby
Derby
Derby , is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands region of England. It lies upon the banks of the River Derwent and is located in the south of the ceremonial county of Derbyshire. In the 2001 census, the population of the city was 233,700, whilst that of the Derby Urban Area was 229,407...
winning trainer Michael Bell, with whom she was apprenticed in 2005 when winning the Champion Apprentice title. She was joint Champion Apprentice
British flat racing Champion Apprentice
The Champion Apprentice of flat racing in Great Britain is the apprentice jockey who has ridden the most winning horses during the flat turf season...
with Saleem Golam with 44 winners in 2005. Since then she has silenced the doubters by bucking the trend of champion apprentices subsequently struggling with their careers by going from success to success. She was voted as Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's Racing Personality for 2008.
High profile handicap wins in 2008 on Furnace at Chester
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
and Ascot
Ascot Racecourse
Ascot Racecourse is a famous English racecourse, located in the small town of Ascot, Berkshire, used for thoroughbred horse racing. It is one of the leading racecourses in the United Kingdom, hosting 9 of the UK's 32 annual Group 1 races...
raised Hayley Turner into the higher echelons of the weighing room, as did wins on The Betchworth Kid.
In March 2009, Hayley was badly injured in an accident putting a horse through starting stalls on the Newmarket
Newmarket Racecourse
The town of Newmarket, in Suffolk, England, is the headquarters of British horseracing, home to the largest cluster of training yards in the country and many key horse racing organisations. Newmarket Racecourse has two courses - the Rowley Mile Course and the July Course. Both are wide, galloping...
gallops, which initially threatened to sideline her for the rest of the year. She made some guest appearances as a pundit on Channel 4 Racing
Channel 4 Racing
Channel 4 Racing is the name given to the horse racing coverage on the British television station Channel 4.-History:The first transmission of racing on the channel was on 22 March 1984 from Doncaster, as it took over midweek coverage which had previously been on ITV...
during this time. However, when fresh medical evidence allowed her to return to race-riding in mid-summer she was instantly back to riding successfully. Hayley ended the year on 60 winners, her second highest figure despite missing much of the season.
The 2010 Flat racing year continued to be successful for Hayley; highlights included a first Group 1 ride on Barshiba in the Nassau Stakes
Nassau Stakes
The Nassau Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 192 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August.-History:The title of...
at Glorious Goodwood
Goodwood Racecourse
Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond, whose seat is nearby Goodwood House...
, and winning the Group 2 Lancashire Oaks
Lancashire Oaks
The Lancashire Oaks is a Group 2 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of 1 mile, 3 furlongs and 200 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early July.-History:The event was...
on the same horse at Haydock
Haydock
Haydock is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, in Merseyside, England. It contains all of the Haydock electoral ward and a section of the Blackbrook electoral ward. The village is located roughly mid-way between Liverpool and Manchester, close to the junction of the M6 motorway...
a month earlier; and a successful partnership with classy two year old Margot Did, which included two winners and second places in two Group 3s and a Group 2.
On 9 July 2011, she rode her first Group 1
Group 1
*Group 1 element, a chemical element classification for Alkali metal*Group 1 , a historic classification for Touring car racing, applied to standard touring cars...
winner in the July Cup
July Cup
The July Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in July....
, on the David Simock trained Dream Ahead. This also represented the first-ever woman to ride a group 1 winner outright; Alex Greaves having previously head-deated in the Nunthorpe Stakes
Nunthorpe Stakes
The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....
. Turner followed up in August 2011 with a second Group 1 success, on board Margot Did in the Nunthorpe Stakes
Nunthorpe Stakes
The Nunthorpe Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged two years or older. It is run at York over a distance of 5 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....
at York
York Racecourse
York Racecourse is a horse racing track in the southwest of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England with a spectator capacity of 60,000. The most famous race to be held at York on an annual basis is the Ebor Handicap, which is run during the Ebor Festival meeting in August...
.
Personal life
Hayley Turner is often regarded as the "pin-up girl" of UK horseracing, and has been frequently featured by daily newspapers as well as being chosen as the face of media campaigns within the sport. However Turner generally shuns the role of 'attractive girl', preferring to trade on her craft in the saddle.Turner is like many UK Flat jockeys based in Newmarket, Suffolk, also the base of her main employer Michael Bell.
Hayley is also one of few top class sportsmen or women, who admit to suffering from Coeliac Disease
Coeliac disease
Coeliac disease , is an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine that occurs in genetically predisposed people of all ages from middle infancy onward...
.
Hayley Turner is an active and popular Twitter user. During the early years of Hayley's career a popular website and racing forum was devoted to her. It subsequently closed, however of 2011 a new, small unofficial fansite has opened at http://www.hayleyturner.com.
Winners per year
Per calendar year- 2011: 81 (at 28 August)
- 2010: 73
- 2009: 60 (missed several months injured)
- 2008: 100
- 2007: 56
- 2006: 36
- 2005: 53
- 2004: 34 (including Apprentice Championship with 27 wins during Turf season)
- 2003: 14
- 2002: 9
- 2000: 1
Links
- http://www.hayleyturner.com Unofficial 'fansite'
- http://twitter.com/#!/Hayleyturner123 Official Twitter page