Entries Open for 2024 Richard Davis Awards
Entries are now open for the 2024 JETS Richard Davis Awards showcasing the career development of jockeys and former jockeys. The Awards, now in their 27th year, will once again take place at Warwick Racecourse where they were held for the first time in 2023.
The winners will be presented with their trophies as part of a special day dedicated to the Awards on Tuesday 5th 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:
“We were thrilled with the positive feedback we had from guests at last year’s Richard Davis Awards and we’re really looking forward to hosting the Awards at Warwick again this year. Once again we’ve received a record number of training applications from jockeys and former jockeys wishing to gain qualifications, upskill and work towards a second career so we hope to attract some high quality entries. 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.