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
- 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)
- E. P. Taylor Stakes - (1) - Fraulein (2002)
- Prix du Jockey Club - (1) - Celtic Swing (1995)
- Prix de l'Opéra - (1) - Kinnaird (2005)
- Aral-Pokal - (1) - River North (1994)
- Deutsches Derby - (1) - Belenus (1999)
- Irish 1,000 Guineas - (1) - Attraction (2004)
- Matron Stakes - (1) - Attraction (2005)
- Moyglare Stud Stakes - (1) - Bianca Nera (1996)
- 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