Kevin Jones
Article by Chris Pitt
Article by Chris Pitt
Northern National Hunt jockey Kevin Jones was born on October 8, 1963 and was apprenticed to Arthur Stephenson at Bishop Auckland.
Northern National Hunt jockey Kevin Jones was born on October 8, 1963 and was apprenticed to Arthur Stephenson at Bishop Auckland.
He rode his first winner on Stephenson’s Mr Snow in a novice riders’ handicap hurdle at Hexham on October 21, 1981. He also struck up a successful association that season with Victor Thompson’s selling hurdler Mendaleak, winning twice at Sedgefield and once at Hexham.
He rode his first winner on Stephenson’s Mr Snow in a novice riders’ handicap hurdle at Hexham on October 21, 1981. He also struck up a successful association that season with Victor Thompson’s selling hurdler Mendaleak, winning twice at Sedgefield and once at Hexham.
Kevin rode 14 winners during the 1982/83 season and was top conditional jockey in 1983/84 with a score of 23 wins.
Kevin rode 14 winners during the 1982/83 season and was top conditional jockey in 1983/84 with a score of 23 wins.
The best horse he rode was undoubtedly future Cheltenham Gold Cup winner The Thinker, on whom he won the Joan Mackay Chase at Ayr on November 23, 1985 and was beaten a neck by Hazy Glen in the W.L & Hector Christie Memorial Trophy at Catterick the following month. He finished that (1985/86) season with 16 winners to his name.
The best horse he rode was undoubtedly future Cheltenham Gold Cup winner The Thinker, on whom he won the Joan Mackay Chase at Ayr on November 23, 1985 and was beaten a neck by Hazy Glen in the W.L & Hector Christie Memorial Trophy at Catterick the following month. He finished that (1985/86) season with 16 winners to his name.
He rode a dozen winners during 1987/88 but that was the last time he reached double figures in a season, his scores thereafter ranging between two and five. He was associated with John Wade’s stable for the latter part of his career and rode his final two winners in the 1996/97 campaign, the last of them being on Crosshot at Newcastle on December 16, 1996.
He rode a dozen winners during 1987/88 but that was the last time he reached double figures in a season, his scores thereafter ranging between two and five. He was associated with John Wade’s stable for the latter part of his career and rode his final two winners in the 1996/97 campaign, the last of them being on Crosshot at Newcastle on December 16, 1996.