Neil Juckes
Neil Roderick Juckes rode one winner over jumps in the 1993/94 National Hunt season. Riding as a conditional for his father, Abberley, Worcestershire trainer Rod Juckes, his sole victory came on the second day of the new campaign, August 2, 1993, when Silvercross Lad took the lead at halfway and drew clear to land the Holsworthy Conditional Jockeys’ Novices’ Hurdle at Newton Abbot by 12 lengths.
Neil Roderick Juckes rode one winner over jumps in the 1993/94 National Hunt season. Riding as a conditional for his father, Abberley, Worcestershire trainer Rod Juckes, his sole victory came on the second day of the new campaign, August 2, 1993, when Silvercross Lad took the lead at halfway and drew clear to land the Holsworthy Conditional Jockeys’ Novices’ Hurdle at Newton Abbot by 12 lengths.
Neil retained the ride on the 12-year-old for their next three outings and finished second and fourth in two of them He had plenty of mounts in the next few months but did not win again.
Neil retained the ride on the 12-year-old for their next three outings and finished second and fourth in two of them He had plenty of mounts in the next few months but did not win again.
When his elder brother Alan began training in the late 1990s, his 20-winner riding career having been cut short by injury, Neil, who had been his father’s assistant trainer, continued in that role, became a partner in the business, and took over responsibility for the office work from his mother.
When his elder brother Alan began training in the late 1990s, his 20-winner riding career having been cut short by injury, Neil, who had been his father’s assistant trainer, continued in that role, became a partner in the business, and took over responsibility for the office work from his mother.
The business was subsidised by their father’s 300-acre farm, which supplied not only the hay for the horses, but also cheaply rented boxes and the land and maintenance equipment for the all-weather gallop and swimming pool.
The business was subsidised by their father’s 300-acre farm, which supplied not only the hay for the horses, but also cheaply rented boxes and the land and maintenance equipment for the all-weather gallop and swimming pool.
