The body controlling steeplechasing and hurdle racing in Great Britain.
a National Hunt jockey
National Hunt racing
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His interest was sparked back in 1976 when at the age of 12 his father took him to Haydock Park for a National Hunt meeting.
It takes madness and courage to want to be a National Hunt jockey.
Horses will usually be able to race until they are about 12, sometimes beyond, but a National Hunt horse usually hits its prime at eight or nine.
The 2003 Irish National Hunt Festival will take place from Tuesday, April 29 to Friday, May 2.
The loose boots, arms and, even, words set him up for more falls than a National Hunt jockey.
The race is a ‘bumper’ (a National Hunt Flat Race) and he has been bought to be a chaser in two or three years.
Individual suspensions of 19 days were handed out to seven jockeys on Thursday at Ludlow racecourse because all took the wrong course in a National Hunt hurdle race.
So far 26 meetings have been lost to the weather this National Hunt season.
There's no money in being a National Hunt trainer so if you're going to do it you might as well set your stall out and try and train chasers.
A bumper is another term for a National Hunt Flat race.
It costs about £14,000 a year to own a National Hunt horse in training.