Kevin Darley
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Kevin Darley is a retired jockey
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:...

, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain. He is married with two daughters.

He retired as a jockey in November 2007.

Awards and honours

  • Lester Award
    Lester Award
    A Lester Award is one of a range of awards given to jockeys at an annual ceremony in Great Britain. The awards are named in honour of Lester Piggott, an eleven-time British flat racing Champion Jockey who won thirty British Classic Races from 1954 to 1992...

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    • Flat Jockey Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007
    • Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000
  • British flat racing 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...

     in 1978 (70 wins)
  • British flat racing Champion Jockey
    British flat racing Champion Jockey
    The Champion Jockey of flat racing in Great Britain is the jockey who has ridden the most winning horses during a season. The list below shows the Champion Jockey and the number of winners for each year since 1840...

     in 2000 (155 wins)

Major wins

Great Britain
Great Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

  • 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004)
  • Coronation Stakes
    Coronation Stakes
    The Coronation Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.-History:...

     - (1) - Attraction (2004)
  • Dewhurst Stakes
    Dewhurst Stakes
    The Dewhurst Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 7 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in October.The event was established in 1875, and it...

     - (1) - Shamardal
    Shamardal
    Shamardal is a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and in France and was voted the 2004 European Champion Two-Year-Old.-Background:...

     (2004)
  • Golden Jubilee Stakes
    Golden Jubilee Stakes
    The Golden Jubilee Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.-History:...

     - (1) - Malhub (2002)
  • Haydock Sprint Cup
    Haydock Sprint Cup
    The Sprint Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Haydock Park over a distance of 6 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early September....

     - (2) - Pipalong (2000), Reverence (2006)
  • 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....

     - (2) - Coastal Bluff (1997, dead heat
    Tie (draw)
    To tie or draw is to finish a competition with identical or inconclusive results. The word "tie" is usually used in North America for sports such as American football. "Draw" is usually used in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations and it is usually used for sports such as...

    ), Reverence (2006)
  • Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
    Queen Elizabeth II Stakes
    The Queen Elizabeth II Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile , and it is now scheduled to take place each year in October. As of 2011, it is run on Champions Day as the final race...

     - (2) - Observatory (2000), Where or When (2002)
  • Racing Post Trophy
    Racing Post Trophy
    The Racing Post Trophy is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October....

     - (3) - Celtic Swing
    Celtic Swing
    Celtic Swing is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse. He was owned by Peter Savill, bred by Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk and trained by her daughter Lady Herries in Sussex. Unfashionably bred, he was by the American horse Damister and out of the British horse Celtic Ring...

     (1994), High Chaparral
    High Chaparral
    High Chaparral is a racehorse, winner of the Epsom Derby in 2002, and the winner of the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2002 and 2003 .-2001: Two-year-old season:...

     (2001), Brian Boru (2002)
  • St. Leger
    St. Leger Stakes
    The St. Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over a distance of 1 mile, 6 furlongs and 132 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September.Established in 1776, the St. Leger...

     - (1) - Bollin Eric (2002)
  • Sun Chariot Stakes
    Sun Chariot Stakes
    The Sun Chariot Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain which is open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run on the Rowley Mile at Newmarket over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late September or early October.The...

     - (4) - La Confederation (1994), Warning Shadows (1995), Attraction (2004), Peeress (2005)
  • Yorkshire Oaks
    Yorkshire Oaks
    The Yorkshire Oaks 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 York over a distance of 1 mile and 4 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August....

     - (1) - Super Tassa (2001)

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  Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

  • E. P. Taylor Stakes
    E. P. Taylor Stakes
    The E. P. Taylor Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares held annually since 1956 in October at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario run on the and the E. P. Taylor turf course at a distance of 1¼ miles....

     - (1) - Fraulein (2002)

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  France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

  • Prix du Jockey Club
    Prix du Jockey Club
    The Prix du Jockey Club, sometimes referred to as the French Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...

     - (1) - Celtic Swing (1995)
  • Prix de l'Opéra
    Prix de l'Opéra
    The Prix de l'Opéra is a Group 1 flat horse race in France which is open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early October.The event was established in 1974, and it was...

     - (1) - Kinnaird (2005)

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  Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

  • Aral-Pokal
    Rheinland-Pokal
    The Rheinland-Pokal is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Galopprennbahn Cologne-Weidenpesch, Cologne over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in August.The event was established in 1957,...

     - (1) - River North (1994)
  • Deutsches Derby
    Deutsches Derby
    The Deutsches Derby is a Group 1 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Hamburg-Horn over a distance of 2,400 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in July....

     - (1) - Belenus (1999)

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  Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

  • Irish 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004)
  • Matron Stakes
    Matron Stakes (Ireland)
    The Matron Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland which is open to thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run at Leopardstown over a distance of 1 mile , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September....

     - (1) - Attraction (2005)
  • Moyglare Stud Stakes
    Moyglare Stud Stakes
    The Moyglare Stud Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Ireland which is open to two-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at the Curragh over a distance of 7 furlongs , and it is scheduled to take place each year in late August or early September.The event is named after its long-term sponsor,...

     - (1) - Bianca Nera (1996)

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  Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

  • Premio Presidente della Repubblica
    Premio Presidente della Repubblica
    The Premio Presidente della Repubblica is a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy open to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Capannelle over a distance 2,000 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.-History:...

     - (1) - Flagbird (1995)
  • Premio Vittorio di Capua
    Premio Vittorio di Capua
    The Premio Vittorio di Capua is a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy which is open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at San Siro, Milan, over a distance of 1,600 metres , and it is scheduled to take place each year in September or October.The event has held Group 1 status since...

     - (1) - Port Lucaya (1994)

External links

  • Biography Jockeysroom.com
  • Profile National Thoroughbred Racing Association
    National Thoroughbred Racing Association
    The National Thoroughbred Racing Association is a broad-based coalition of horse racing interests consisting of leading thoroughbred racetracks, owners, breeders, trainers and affiliated horse racing associations, charged with increasing the popularity of horse racing and improving economic...

  • Kevin Darley BBC Sport
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