A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual who rode horses in racing. They must be light, typically around a weight of 100-120 lb., and physically fit. They are typically self-employed and are paid a small fee from the horse trainer and a percentage of the horse's winnings.
Michael Joseph Venezia was an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey who was killed in a horse racing accident.
Andrasch Starke is a jockey in international Thoroughbred horse racing.
Darryll Paul Holland is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston.
Per Olof Andreas Norlén is a Swedish politician and member of the Moderate Party who has served as Speaker of the Riksdag since September 2018. He has been a Member of the Riksdag (MP) for Östergötland County since October 2006. Norlén has previously been a member of the Committee on the Constitution, 2014–2018 as chair of the committee.
The Hamburger Meile was a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It was run at Hamburg-Horn over a distance of 1,600 metres, and was scheduled to take place each year in June or July.
The Schwarzgold-Rennen is a Group 3 flat horse race in Germany open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run over a distance of 1,600 metres at Cologne in May.
Andreas Schütz is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. From a prominent racing family, he is the fourth generation to train professionally.
Overdose was a Hungarian Thoroughbred racehorse. During his career he was victorious in sixteen of his nineteen races.
The Champion Jockey of flat racing in Germany is the jockey who has ridden the most winning horses during a season. The list of the Champion Jockey started 1870. The list below shows the Champion Jockey for each year since 1984.
Novellist is an Irish-bred, German-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He won major races in four countries including the Gran Premio del Jockey Club in Italy, the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud in France, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in the United Kingdom and the Grosser Preis von Baden in Germany. He was rated the fifth-best racehorse in the world and was voted German Horse of the Year for his performances in 2013.
Andreas Schockenhoff was a German politician for the CDU. From 1990 until his death in 2014, he served as a member of the German Bundestag. In the general election in 2013, he was elected the seventh consecutive year as a direct mandate for the federal electoral district Ravensburg in the German Bundestag.
Andrea Atzeni is a professional Italian jockey based in England. He hails from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia and his family has no history of racing; his father is a farmer and his mother a dentist. Atzeni however expressed an interest in racing at a young age, competing in pony races in Sardinia. Aged 15, he moved to Milan and started working for Italian trainer Alduino Botti. Two years later he emigrated to England and joined the 'Prestige Place' stables of Alduino's son Marco in Newmarket.
Anti-Austrian sentiment refers to hostile sentiment toward the nation of Austria and/or its people.
Ariadne in Hoppegarten is a 1928 German silent sports film directed by Robert Dinesen and starring Alfred Abel, Maria Jacobini and Paul Henckels. It takes place in Hoppegarten, a traditional centre of horseracing in the German capital of Berlin.
Andreas Rimkus is a German electrician and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013.
Andreas Schwarz is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2013.
Andreas Lämmel is a German politician. Born in Falkenstein, Saxony, he represents the CDU. Andreas Lämmel has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Saxony since 2005.
Andreas Audretsch is a German politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag since the 2021 German federal election.
