Talk:Jockey

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[edit] Compensation

How are jockeys paid? What do they get for winning?

Why jockey is only one meening of this word in wikipedia? There are DJ, disc jockey too.

[edit] Merge

Somebody made Racing silks, which relates to jockeys. I can't see it going anywhere more than a stub, perhaps a merge is in order?

Done. --Kgaughan (talk) 20:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

I disagree with this merger – racing silks is a different subject to jockey and has the potential to make an interesting article. -- Zafonic (talk) 20:05, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Hi, Zafonic. The merge had been on the cards for over a year. The earlier, and slightly dubious, edit by R Game notwithstanding (which they'd also made to the Jockey article itself), it was a stub that hadn't been edited for quite some time. It may have the potential to be an interesting article, but right now, I think it's best as a section of the Jockey article that can be split out when it's fleshed out some more. When that's done, I'd support it being split out. --Kgaughan (talk) 20:36, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing info

Two things I'd like to see covered here (that I don't know anything about, so can't write these myself):

1. There are now female jockeys. I gather that there didn't used to be. This should be discussed in the article.

2. The article's mention of being able to "claim" weight doesn't make any sense to someone who doesn't already know what it means. Those sentences should be clarified, explained, and/or expanded for clarity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elysdir (talk • contribs) 06:03, 25 October 2007 (UTC)