Terry Kent
Terry Kent
Terry Kent
Terry Kent was a jump jockey in a Flat racing environment. Born on October 16, 1966, he was based in Newmarket and rode over hurdles for various Newmarket trainers.
Terry Kent was a jump jockey in a Flat racing environment. Born on October 16, 1966, he was based in Newmarket and rode over hurdles for various Newmarket trainers.
He started out as a conditional with Gavin Pritchard-Gordon and then moved across town to join Mark Tompkins, for whom he rode his first winner, Hard As Iron in the Warrnambool Trophy Handicap Hurdle at Stratford on November 27, 1990. His second winner came on Blakesware Prince in a Lingfield bumper on January 10, his third being achieved on Light Hand in a Fakenham conditional jockeys’ hurdle on March 15. Those three successes, all for Tompkins, constituted his total score for the season.
He started out as a conditional with Gavin Pritchard-Gordon and then moved across town to join Mark Tompkins, for whom he rode his first winner, Hard As Iron in the Warrnambool Trophy Handicap Hurdle at Stratford on November 27, 1990. His second winner came on Blakesware Prince in a Lingfield bumper on January 10, his third being achieved on Light Hand in a Fakenham conditional jockeys’ hurdle on March 15. Those three successes, all for Tompkins, constituted his total score for the season.
Having lost the right to claim an allowance when reaching the age of 26 in October 1992, he joined Julie Cecil’s stable as her National Hunt jockey. Although primarily a Flat trainer, Mrs Cecil did have the occasional runner over hurdles and she was to supply Terry with the majority of his winners.
Having lost the right to claim an allowance when reaching the age of 26 in October 1992, he joined Julie Cecil’s stable as her National Hunt jockey. Although primarily a Flat trainer, Mrs Cecil did have the occasional runner over hurdles and she was to supply Terry with the majority of his winners.
Three of Terry’s six winners in the 1992/93 season came courtesy of Julie Cecil’s four-year-old hurdler Albemine, who won three on the bounce in March 1993, scoring at Windsor, Huntingdon
Three of Terry’s six winners in the 1992/93 season came courtesy of Julie Cecil’s four-year-old hurdler Albemine, who won three on the bounce in March 1993, scoring at Windsor, Huntingdon
and Newbury. Mrs Cecil provided all six of his winners in the 1993/94 campaign, two-thirds of them coming on novice hurdler Dark Den, who scored at Nottingham in February, followed up in the Highclere Hurdle at Newbury in March, then won at Ascot in April and at Market Rasen on the final day of the season. Terry’s other two wins that term both came on Issiah, at Plumpton in February and Southwell in May.
and Newbury. Mrs Cecil provided all six of his winners in the 1993/94 campaign, two-thirds of them coming on novice hurdler Dark Den, who scored at Nottingham in February, followed up in the Highclere Hurdle at Newbury in March, then won at Ascot in April and at Market Rasen on the final day of the season. Terry’s other two wins that term both came on Issiah, at Plumpton in February and Southwell in May.
Terry achieved his best score in 1994/95, riding nine winners, five of them trained by Julie Cecil. They included a high-profile win on Dark Den in the Free Handicap Hurdle at Chepstow on October 1, 1994. The combination followed up by taking the Flavel-Leisure Hurdle at Newbury on October 21.
Terry achieved his best score in 1994/95, riding nine winners, five of them trained by Julie Cecil. They included a high-profile win on Dark Den in the Free Handicap Hurdle at Chepstow on October 1, 1994. The combination followed up by taking the Flavel-Leisure Hurdle at Newbury on October 21.
He rode six winners during the next campaign, three of them for Mrs Cecil: Sesame Seed at Doncaster and Domappel at Haydock in December 1995 and Albemine at Doncaster in March 1996.
He rode six winners during the next campaign, three of them for Mrs Cecil: Sesame Seed at Doncaster and Domappel at Haydock in December 1995 and Albemine at Doncaster in March 1996.
His score dropped to just three in 1996/97, all of them for Julie Cecil, including Albemine in the Network Personnel Handicap Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day and the valuable Scottish
His score dropped to just three in 1996/97, all of them for Julie Cecil, including Albemine in the Network Personnel Handicap Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day and the valuable Scottish
/Jockeys Association Series Final Handicap Hurdle on Domappel at Uttoxeter on March 15, 1997.
/Jockeys Association Series Final Handicap Hurdle on Domappel at Uttoxeter on March 15, 1997.
Terry’s association with Mrs Cecil finished at the end of that season and it marked a downturn in his career. He rode just one winner (for Jeff Pearce) from 11 rides in the 1997/98 season and gave up race riding soon afterwards.
Terry’s association with Mrs Cecil finished at the end of that season and it marked a downturn in his career. He rode just one winner (for Jeff Pearce) from 11 rides in the 1997/98 season and gave up race riding soon afterwards.
He became assistant trainer to Roger Varian before setting up as a trainer in 2020, based at Franklin Lodge Stables in Newmarket with a string of eight horses. His second runner as a trainer, 28/1 newcomer Ataser, finished fourth, beaten less than two lengths, in a six-furlong novice contest at Newmarket on June 26, 2020.
He became assistant trainer to Roger Varian before setting up as a trainer in 2020, based at Franklin Lodge Stables in Newmarket with a string of eight horses. His second runner as a trainer, 28/1 newcomer Ataser, finished fourth, beaten less than two lengths, in a six-furlong novice contest at Newmarket on June 26, 2020.