Jockeys is an American documentary

Documentary

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 sports reality television series that premiered on February 6, 2009 on Animal Planet

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. The series chronicles the professional lives of jockey

Jockey

A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...

s during the famous thirty-day Oak Tree Meet at Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California, United States. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. With its backdrop of the purple San Gabriel Mountains, it is considered by many as the world's most beautiful race...

. First and second season episodes aired on Friday nights.

The second season, which premiered on August 21, 2009 added Corey Nakatani

Corey Nakatani

Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...

 and Garrett Gomez to the featured jockeys while Jon Court

Jon Court

Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....

 departed to race in Kentucky.

The taglines of the show are:

• "Win or Die Trying" for season 1 and
• "To Win It All You Have to Risk It All" for season 2.

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" by Kanye West

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 is used as the theme song.

Main

• Mike E. Smith – A veteran and Hall of Fame jockey
• Chantal Sutherland
  Chantal Sutherland
  Chantal Sutherland is a Canadian model, television personality and jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing. She is referred to as the Danica Patrick of horse racing...
  
   – Her move from Canada to California to continue her relationship with Mike Smith serves as a dramatic subplot in the series. Sutherland's struggles as a female jockey trying to break into a man's world is a key plot point.
• Joe Talamo – A young and successful jockey. The series chronicles how he handles success at a young age.
• Aaron Gryder
  Aaron Gryder
  Aaron Tod Gryder is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey.Growing up fifteen minutes away from the Santa Anita racetrack, as a boy Gryder had no contact with horses other than his father and his grandparents' interest in attending the nearby races...
  
   – A veteran hard-working family man who has never won the big race but continues to press on.
• Jon Court
  Jon Court
  Jon Kenton Court is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing.Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980....
  
   – A 30-year veteran still chasing his dreams.
• Kayla Stra
  Kayla Stra
  Kayla Stra is a jockey and television personality in Thoroughbred horse racing who raced in Australia until coming to compete in the United States at racetracks in California. She currently rides in the Northern California circuit after a 2 year stint in the Southern California area...
  
   – A young Australian trying to break into the US racing world.
• Alex Solis
  Alex Solis
  Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...
  
   – Solis is trying to recover from a broken back injury.
• Corey Nakatani
  Corey Nakatani
  Corey S. Nakatani is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He got his big break in 1990 when he rode Itsallgreektome to win big stakes races.Nakatani currently resides at Belmont Park...
  
   – Breaks his collarbone in a fall early in the Oak Tree Meet in Season 1. His comeback his chronicled in Season 2.
• Garrett Gomez – Featured in the various episodes in Season 1 and was introduced as the nation's hottest jockey. He becomes a featured jockey in Season 2.

Other

• Iggy Puglisi – While not billed as a featured jockey in the series, Puglisi is a major focus in Season 2's second episode as he attempts to comeback from a broken back injury.
• Brandon Meier – Brandon is the son of successful jockey Randall Meier.
• Gary Stevens – Featured in various episodes, he rides in the Jockey Living Legends race
• Sandy Hawley
  Sandy Hawley
  Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack...
  
   – Hawley wins the Jockey Living Legends race aboard Tribal Chief.
• Julie Krone
  Julie Krone
  Julie Krone , is a retired American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair...
  
   – Featured in the Jockey Living Legends episode, Krone's status as the world's best female jockey is juxtaposed against Chantal's storyline.
• Angel Cordero Jr – Featured in the Jockey Living Legends episode.
• Pat Day
  Pat Day
  Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...
  
  , featured in the Jockey Living Legends episode.
• Rafael Bejarano – Featured in various episodes.
• Eibar Coa
  Eibar Coa
  Eibar Coa Monteverde is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. A five-time judo champion in his teens, he attended jockey school from 1989 to 1991 then began his professional riding career in 1992...
  
  , cameos in the first two episodes.
• Edgar Prado – Cameos in the first two episodes.

Season 1 (2009)

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Season 2 (2009)

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