About Kevin Darley
Born 1960. Kevin Darley is a British jockey.
Kevin Darley (born 5 August 1960, in Penn, Wolverhampton) is an English retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 with 70 wins and Champion Jockey in 2000 with 155 wins. He also won the Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000, and won the Lester Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007.
He was associated with a number of trainers including Mark Johnston, for whom he won the English 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes on Attraction. He also won the St Leger on Bollin Eric and French Derby on Celtic Swing.
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Who is Kevin Darley?
British jockey
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Kevin Darley was born on 5 August 1960 in Penn.
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Kevin Darley is a jockey.
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Kevin Darley is British.
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