‘Someone was gonna have an accident,’ says PJA chief executive as riders appear content with not rushing to a second venue
Jockeys’ representatives say that a “silver lining” has emerged from the anti-coronavirus restrictions in the fact that jockeys are currently limited to riding at a single race-meeting per day. While that means some are certainly missing rides they would otherwise have had, it removes any question of them having to travel at speed to a second meeting and limits the length of their working day, benefits which are seen by the Professional Jockeys Association as outweighing the cost.
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