Entries Open for 2025 Richard Davis Awards in JETS 30th Anniversary Year
Entries are now open for the 2025 JETS Richard Davis Awards showcasing the career development of jockeys and former jockeys. The Awards, now in their 28th year, will take place at Warwick Racecourse.
The winners will be presented with their trophies as part of a special day dedicated to the Awards on Tuesday 4th November. Invited guests including sponsors, Friends of JETS and other industry stakeholders, will hear from the winners as part of an awards ceremony with films highlighting their career achievements followed by a luncheon and racing featuring the Richard Davis Awards Handicap Chase.
The three Award categories are:
The Jockey Club Achievement Award - The top Award designed for those jockeys who have significantly achieved in pursuing their new chosen careers and is worth £3,000 to the winner with two runners-up prizes of £500 each.
The IJF Progress Award - Worth £2,000, this Award rewards the early progress of those jockeys who have more recently started out on a new career or training path in the previous two years.
The BHA Development Award - With a prize of £1,000, this Award is exclusively for current jockeys and video entries can be submitted either by the jockey or their jockey coach. Guidance for how to submit a video entry can be found here.
Lisa Delany, JETS Manager, said:
“It is JETS 30th anniversary year so we really hope to receive a bumper set of entries for this year’s Richard Davis Awards especially as we’ve received a record number of training applications from jockeys in the past year. Last year we were delighted that, for the first time ever, a current jockey won the IJF Progress Award recognising the positive approach towards dual career development we encourage all jockeys to embrace and we hope to attract a high quality set of entries for this year’s Awards so we can celebrate all the fantastic career work being done by jockeys and former jockeys. We are, as ever, grateful for the generous support of our sponsors, to be able to recognise the commitment and dedication being shown by the jockeys we support.”
Full details about the Awards as well as entry forms can be found here or jockeys can email Lisa (lisa@jets-uk.org) for entry forms. Deadline for entries is Wednesday 27th August.