Taking The Reins | The Stewards Room #1

In our first ‘round-table’ spin-off episode of the Taking The Reins podcast, Ebor-winning jockey Adam McNamara is joined by Group 1-winners' Tom Marquand and Rossa Ryan, with our man Dom Newton getting involved too!
There’s lots of brilliant insight and opinion from across the group, including their thoughts on the dread of being involved in a Stewards Enquiry, the need for respect amongst jockeys, regulations and whip bans, the future of racing, how the sport can better promote itself, plus so much more covered too!
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0:00 Introduction
0:40 Talking Stewards Enquires
2:52 Resolving disagreements and keeping it out of the public view
11:55 Respect for fellow jockeys and not holding any grudges
15:15 Dealing with losing a ride and the respect for owners & trainers
18:08 Working hard and take opportunities
20:50 Making weight and struggling with thirst
22:04 Dealing with emotions and keeping things in perspective
23:31 Impact of family and their influence
26:03 Importance of good communication and honesty
31:29 Racing is a game of opinions
35:09 Jockey debriefs and their reasoning for in-race decisions
36:28 Becoming a 'solicitor' in a Stewards' Enquiry
37:38 Chemistry between horse and jockey
42:59 The 'Flow state' and momentum
45:00 Adam breaks down his Ebor Handicap victory
46:50 Making the running and how it is often underrated
47:56 Dom's experience of trying to learn how to ride
49:11 What specifics did they work hard on when they were younger?
52:02 Earnings across sports and how that compares with racing
53:08 The biggest challenges facing racing in the UK
58:07 Talking all things Whip regulations and rule changes
1:11:11 The need for jockeys to be more open in the public domain
1:12:31 What can racing do better to promote itself and appeal to new audiences?
1:16:34 Building profiles and showing more of their personality
1:18:54 Adam and Rossa's Ebor Trophy issue!

[@user-vh8ht5db6e]

Really interesting to hear from Tom & Rossa. They've got some good ideas about how to improve racing from other countries. Lovely to hear how fondly they remember horses they've really clicked with too 😊🏇🏇

[@stevenodonovan3216]

Brilliant to listen to the lads and there views on the different topics great content and refreshing to here educated and logic from the people who are stuck in the middle of it day to day

[@gavinnaylor1428]

Great listening Tom and Rossa

[@SportingLifeVideo]

Fantastic aren’t they? Thanks for watching.