“A horse won’t lose its ability, it’ll lose its enthausiam”
For the past 12 months Lucy round both right handed and left eat anything she wants without it So far in her racing career Lucy
has been riding out at Keith handed.” affecting her weight. has escaped serious injury. She’s
Goldsworthy’s professional yard He first saw Lucy racing at “My parents keep checking I’m had a few bruises and concussion
near her home in Cresselly. Lydstep point-to-point in 2006. not losing weight to be a jockey. once.
Currently the yard has a “I could see she needed to get In fact I carry lead weights when She said: “Every time I’ve fallen
capacity of 12 horses, but Keith is a lot fitter, otherwise she was I’m riding and my saddle is quite it’s been my mistake. It’s
hoping to expand to 24. going to get hurt, but I've never heavy at a stone-and-a-half, so I frustrating more than anything, so
He has had a number of doubted her enthusiasm or don’t need to lose any pounds.” you go away and try to solve the
successes, with perhaps the most bravery,” he said. Next season’s training will start problem.
eminent being Hills of Aran “It’s all down to Lucy — I’ve let at the end of August with their “I’ve been lucky really, I’ve
winning the three mile hurdle at her use the facilities here and horse which runs better on soft bounced!”
Cheltenham on New Year’s Day. we’ve watched tapes of her races ground. The adrenalin rush of race day
Keith is known for taking in together, but she’s the one who The aim will be to run a race in begins when she wakes up and
horses which have been rejected goes out and works hard and tries January. packs her kit.
from bigger yards. to improve any weaknesses. The other two, preferring hard “I get nervous in the changing
“A horse won’t lose his ability, “She’s solid in the saddle and ground, will get back into training rooms once I’m ready and waiting
he’ll lose his enthusiasm,” he has learnt to give the horse its later, with their first races around for the steward’s bell to call us
said. head in races, which is a very Easter-time. out. When you get in the saddle
“You need to adapt to the difficult thing to do. Without She is hoping to get her you have to concentrate on the
horse’s needs, don’t make it question she’s the most improved Category A licence which will horse and then it’s all adrenalin
conform to your ways.” novice rider I’ve seen in many allow her to race in hunter chases during the race.”
At the stables he has had a years. And her horses are not at professional racecourses with Lucy admits to leading a double
circle gallops and straight gallops what you’d call novice rides. bigger fences and she’s aiming
life, balancing work and horses,laid at a cost of about £70,000. Dancing Credit is not easy to ride for more wins. She says she sets
but jokes that “one makes moneyKeith added: “Circle gallops but it doesn’t faze her at all.' herself small goals and when she
and one costs money”.teach you a lot more about how Lucy finds that riding her three reaches them she sets herself a
Either way she’s making ato ride than straight ones. You mounts and training at Keith’s new target.
name for herself in both worldshave to learn how to balance and yard is enough to keep her fit, She said: “If you look too far
and with her boundlesscontrol the horse. It’s more like a and as she says, “where would I ahead it seems an impossible
enthusiasm she looks set to be arace too because you learn to ride find the time to go to the gym?” task, so I hope to achieve one
in close proximity and you can go As for her diet she says she can thing at a time.” head in front of the competition.
“If you look too far
ahead it seems an
impossible task, so I aim
to achieve one thing at
a time.”
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