Georgia King

**January 2023**

I began last year still working full time for Dad on our race yard at home. I changed my race riding licence from apprentice to amateur and had some good rides over the summer but unfortunately not riding any winners! The eventing took more of a backseat for me last year due to lack of time, however I did compete Finn in the Eventers Challenge at Gatcombe in August which we both thoroughly enjoyed and managed to win! My Mum did a great job on Finn and enjoyed a successful season making it to the Cotswold Cup Finals after numerous placings throughout the year. We also have a lovely ex racehorse, Valdez, who I began doing a bit with last spring time at home. He had a good career on the racetrack over hurdles and fences, and has now taken to jumping coloured poles well too! Once I return in April I will get him going again and hopefully take him out and about to see how he takes to a new way of life. This leads me on to an exciting move I made in September..

At the start of September I moved to Dubai to start a 7 month job track work riding for Bhupat Seemar at Zabeel Racing Stables. It’s been a great experience to see how other trainers do their work as well as a good opportunity to ride so many different horses while learning to ride certain second furlongs when galloping. I move back home at the beginning of April with lots to look forward to for the summer ahead based back at home. 

**January 2022**

Last year was my first full year riding as an apprentice for my Dad, Alan King. The year started well with riding my first winner in January aboard ‘Gavi Di Gavi’ at Wolverhampton. This was followed by another two wins both on this horse in March and July. I had my first few rides for outside trainers, unfortunately no success but it was all good experience. In August I enjoyed spending two weeks in Newmarket working for Roger Varian, before coming home for a busy winter on the home yard with the jump horses. My aim this year in racing is to build up more contacts and increase my number of rides to hopefully ride some more winners. 

Over the past few hears, Eventing has taken a back seat due to racing being my career focus. However, my Mum and I have a lovely Connemara called Finn who we’ve enjoyed sharing at competitions where he’s progressed to 90’s and if time allows I hope to get him out more this season and get him round some 100 tracks.

**January 2021**

I’m 19 years old (20 in March) and I work full time for my Dad at Alan King Racing and am the yards apprentice jockey. I was a member of the Tedworth Pony Club, from the age of around 5, for over 10 years and competed at local shows, showjumping and eventing competitions. Pony Club Camp was definitely the best week of my year for many years!! The highlight of my years on ponies would have to be representing GB at the Pony Europeans in 2018 on Magic (Drop The Subject), a pony I was very fortunate to lease from Anya and Joanne Kolleth. Mojo, who I got when I was 11, was the pony that got me on the pony trial circuit from us both starting doing 80’s to competing at Brand Hall National Pony Championships. I still have him now at the age of 19 where he is enjoying his retired life after being the most incredible pony for me.

As I got further into my teens I got more involved with the yard of racehorses which I actually grew up with right in front of me but I never thought I’d go down that route! But since taking out my amateur flat licence in 2019 and then turning apprentice at the end of last year, this is definitely the career path I’d like to go down. I rode my first winner on the 5th January (2021) on my 11th ride since starting out, and I look forward to the turf season starting in a couple of months time where hopefully things will really get going.

My Mum and I have a 15.2 8 year old roan gelding, Finn, who in my spare time I plan to event and have some fun on. He did his first ever 3 events with me at the end of last season where he showed he’ll definitely be a great event horse!