Kevin Darley

Kevin Darley (born 5 August 1960, in Penn, Wolverhampton) is a retired jockey, 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 Awards
  • Flat Jockey Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007
  • Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000
• British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 (70 wins)
• British flat racing Champion Jockey in 2000 (155 wins)

Major wins

Great Britain

• 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004)
• Coronation Stakes - (1) - Attraction (2004)
• Dewhurst Stakes - (1) - Shamardal (2004)
• Golden Jubilee Stakes - (1) - Malhub (2002)
• Haydock Sprint Cup - (2) - Pipalong (2000), Reverence (2006)
• Nunthorpe Stakes - (2) - Coastal Bluff (1997, dead heat), Reverence (2006)
• Queen Elizabeth II Stakes - (2) - Observatory (2000), Where or When (2002)
• Racing Post Trophy - (3) - Celtic Swing (1994), High Chaparral (2001), Brian Boru (2002)
• St. Leger - (1) - Bollin Eric (2002)
• Sun Chariot Stakes - (4) - La Confederation (1994), Warning Shadows (1995), Attraction (2004), Peeress (2005)
• Yorkshire Oaks - (1) - Super Tassa (2001)

Canada

• E. P. Taylor Stakes - (1) - Fraulein (2002)

France

• Prix du Jockey Club - (1) - Celtic Swing (1995)
• Prix de l'Opéra - (1) - Kinnaird (2005)

Germany

• Aral-Pokal - (1) - River North (1994)
• Deutsches Derby - (1) - Belenus (1999)

Ireland

• Irish 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004)
• Matron Stakes - (1) - Attraction (2005)
• Moyglare Stud Stakes - (1) - Bianca Nera (1996)

Italy

• Premio Presidente della Repubblica - (1) - Flagbird (1995)
• Premio Vittorio di Capua - (1) - Port Lucaya (1994)

External links

• Biography Jockeysroom.com
• Profile National Thoroughbred Racing Association
• Kevin Darley BBC Sport