The highest highs and the lowest lows. No other sport requires even their very greatest athletes to lose 80% of the time - so how do you handle it when the losing streak won't stop or when you're left in the weighing room watching someone else ride the horse who used to be your mount to a valuable success? Ex-jockey Adam McNamara talks to some of the biggest names in the sport in the UK to hear more about their lives in and out of the saddle.
Jason Watson: Life at the top; learning to grow up & weighing-room punch-ups | Jockeys | Racing TV
Jason Watson joins Adam McNamara for this episode of Jockeys and opens up about his early struggles getting into the sport and lessons learned from some run-ins with the police!
Stay tuned for Jason leaving mid-interview to bang in a winner, only to return to the chat, without breaking a sweat.
0:45 - Intro
1:05 - Jockeys being into their looks
2:00 - Peoples opinions in the weighing room
3:00 - Hating school and getting in trouble with the police
4:10 - Still got qualifications
4:45 - Champion apprentice in his first full year
5:33 - Getting number 1 job at Roger Charlton’s
6:30 - Struggles after Champ apprentice season
7:00 - Best horses at Charlton’s
8:30 - Relationship souring at Charlton’s
9:30 - Never expected things to have taken that turn
10:10 - Realised I needed to grow up
11:11 - What could have been done different
12:05 - Losing that job felt like the end of the world
12:55 - Adam & Jason disagree on race tactics
13:00 - A punching in the weighing room
14:45 - The next morning
15:30 - Rebuilding after losing Charlton’s job
16:50 - What’s next?
17:10 - I want to be one of the best of my time and Champion Jockey
17:30 - Jason’s quick exit to ride a winner!
18:30 - Jason re-joins the chat
19:10 - Pre-race routines
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6 Oct 2026
I'm more than just everyones second favourite Jockey | Jack Mitchell | Jockeys | Racing TV
Fresh from breaking his Group 1 duck, Jack Mitchell joins Adam McNamara to say why he's more than worthy of just second string rides and give his views on the new crops of riders, why he WOULDN'T want his ids to follow in his footsteps and how he's channeling his inner Tom Cruise!
1:15 - Training to be a airplane pilot
2:00 - Dream is to fly to a meeting, ride a winner and fly off again
3:25 - Everything will kill you, do something fun
4:00 - Keeping a positive mindset
5:00 - Abuse on social media
6:00 - Putting younger lads back in their box
8:00 - How younger Jockeys act around the weighing room
9:00 - Being 2nd Jockey a lot of the time
11:20 - Wanting a first role
12:00 - Creating my own WhatsApp group
12:30 - First G1 success
13:50 - Jockeys celebrating success more
15:20 - Feeling of leading a big winner back in
17:30 - Family life but not wanting them to get into racing
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28 Mar 2026
Jockeys - The Podcast: Grace McEntee tells all about riding for her father Phil | Racing TV
It's the turn of Grace McEntee to join Adam McNamara and she lifts the lid on life riding winners for her father Phil including some home truths when they don't see eye to eye. She also gives her verdict on the best fried chicken after riding in Kentucky and it's not what you might think!
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