Official Riding Arrangements?

[Desert Orchid]

Could some kind soul please clarify what the official riding arrangements are with the big jockeys/stables/owners?

For example, am I right in thinking that JJ Slevin's contract entitles him to first dibs of the double-greens both at WPM's and in the UK?

Does Mark Walsh have first dibs on the JP horses at Mullins's too?

Does JJ O'Neill have first dibs on JP's UK-trained runners? Is it Richie McLernon?

Any help appreciated.

 

[Jayhawk]

Could some kind soul please clarify what the official riding arrangements are with the big jockeys/stables/owners?

For example, am I right in thinking that JJ Slevin's contract entitles him to first dibs of the double-greens both at WPM's and in the UK?

Does Mark Walsh have first dibs on the JP horses at Mullins's too?

Does JJ O'Neill have first dibs on JP's UK-trained runners? Is it Richie McLernon?

Any help appreciated.

Richie McLernon rides nearly all of JP's horses trained by Ben Haslam. He won on Petit Tonnerre at Doncaster on Cheltenham Trials day where Jonjo jnr rode Jagwar and Iroko which looks to confirm him as JP's second jockey. He's very much in the veteran class now.

Mark Walsh always rides Majborough for JP. Limerick Lace (MW) and I Am Maximus (PT) were 7/1 jfs in last year's Grand National so he may have picked the wrong one there.

 

[Grey]

I don’t think JJ Slevin would have automatic first choice on double green runners from Closutton.

I think it’s reaching a point where Mark Walsh has the choice to ride any of JP’s Closutton runners.

And I’d expect increasingly to see Walsh on some of JP’s UK runners if not already ridden by a senior jockey.

These are guesses on my part.