Overview
- Tommie Jakes was confirmed dead at his home near Newmarket by the Injured Jockeys Fund and the Professional Jockeys Association, with his family requesting privacy.
- Racecourses held marks of respect on Thursday evening, including minute’s silences at Chelmsford and Southwell, as tributes from trainers and colleagues were shared.
- Top jockey Cieren Fallon criticised the decision to let Jakes’s booked mounts run at Chelmsford under replacement riders, calling the handling of the situation a failure.
- Jakes rode at Nottingham the day before his death and was due to have two rides at Chelmsford; he had 59 career winners from 519 rides, most recently scoring on Fouroneohfever on October 18.
- The British Horseracing Authority said support services are available for those affected, directing people to Racing Welfare, the jockeys’ helpline and Samaritans.