Apprentice and Retained Jockeys

Any Apprentices available for hire are listed here (left table). Apprentices are eligible to a weight allowance to offset their inexperience. This allowance decreases as the jockey wins more races. Although apprentices are inexpensive in comparison to more experienced jockeys their judgement may not always be as good. Also Apprentices may not be as strong in a finish. 

Each trainer may only have one apprentice on the payroll at a time. To replace your stable apprentice simply hire another. If hiring an apprentice that is currently attached to a stable/trainer then the apprentice may be bound to ride any remaining bookings that have been made for the previous trainer even though he/she is now signed up in your stable.

Clicking on the Apprentices name will bring up a small jockey stats window to the bottom left of the screen. The player can view the apprentices current attachment details (trainer data) by Clicking on the trainers name in the CURRENTLY ATTACHED column.

RETAINERS:

You may also retain a jockey. Click on a jockey in the right table to view. Next click the RETAIN JOCKEY button. You are charged an initial fee plus a weekly retainer fee. You may only retain one jockey.

A retained jockey MUST ride the retained trainers horse if requested. If the jockey is booked to ride another horse then the jockey will have to forfiet that ride. The trainer may NOT request a jockey forfeits a ride if the race is taking place within two weeks.

Click HIRE JOCKEY to hire the selected jockey. You can fire your apprentice by clicking on the FIRE APPRENTICE button.