Jockey
- Exam
- Not reported
- Education
- Not reported
- Experience
- Not reported
- Background check
- None
JOB DESCRIPTION: A jockey rides racehorses at the racetrack and confers with training personnel to plan a strategy for the race, based on the ability and peculiarities of their own and other horses in competition. A jockey mounts the horse in the paddock after weighing-in and rides the horse to a specified numbered stall of the starting gate. A jockey races from the starting gate to the finish line and talks to training personnel after the race to analyze the horse’s performance.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission
- Address
- 2401 N.W. 23rd St. Suite 78 Oklahoma City, OK 73107
- Phone
- (405) 943-6472
- Agency website
- https://www.ohrc.org/
- Licence page
- www.ohrc.org
- Last updated
- June 20, 2018
Occupations (O*NET)
- Boxer 27-2021.00
Source and verification
This record is Oklahoma's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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