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Quite probably but the crux is that the BHA are happy to let foreign staff be employed in this country with absaloutly no assessment whatsoever whereas all UK based staff MUST attend one of the Racing Schools 9 week courses before they are allowed to work in racing stables and be on the Stable employee register. And that is regardless of riding ability prior to the course.  Trainers will often have a talented kid who has either done Pony Club or pony racing and will be more than competent to start in a yard but they still have to attend.  Whereas I have seen plenty of non-UK/Irish staff arrive, tack up a horse and off they go - and its often not a pretty sight.  Of course its the trainers responsibility to check out their claims but if someone says "Oh yes, yes I was jockey back in Turkmenistan - I good rider" - are they really going to check them out - unlikely.

 

The Racing Schools in this country do a good job teaching non-riders to handle a racehorse in 9 weeks.  And many trainers go up to the school to cherry-pick the best from each course.  That said they still need to learn once they get to the yard.

 

Back to the topic, Kingman is a nice horse but can't gallop properly - he is still slightly ungainly in his knee action and his head carriage.  He needs to learn how to collect his stride before being asked to lengthen both stride and lower his head.  To some horses this will come naturally but you'd be amazed how odd it is to sit on a horse and canter it for the first time.  It needs to learn how to balance itself first before you can think about going fast.  I watch some of these early 2yo races and could cry at the lack of education they have obviously had.  Legs all over the place they show some speed for about 2 furlongs then fall in a heap - and those are the ones who have been artificially pushed when not ready who will often end up getting all sorts of physical problems.