Kirsty Milczarek - Female Jockey

On 9 February I first mentioned this young lady as being a cut well above the average. Since then I have been backing any mount she rides which I think has a chance and which is a decent price. She cannot be expected to win with rank poor horses but as an apprentice jockey she has to accept rides.

Last Saturday she won on an 8-1 shot for William Jarvis; yesterday evening she brought home a 6-1 winner and today she had a double at 6-1 and 3-1 for different trainers. In her final race she came from last to first in the home straight which is some achievement on the all weather tracks. The girl rides with her brains.

She is a star in the making!

Kirsty Milczarek (Female Jockey)

A few days ago I wrote a piece on this apprentice jockey praising her talents. Since then she has had precious few rides and I was beginning to worry that I had put the hex on her. Today however, she had two rides at Lingfield and she justified everything that I wrote about her. In the first race, a race restricted to apprentices, she rode them all to sleep leading all the way and then kicking on up the home straight to win easily. In her second race she rode an absolute blinder to pull back four lengths up the home straight and blast past the leader. Prices? 9-2 and 6-1! This girl has got genuine talent but don't tell anyone.

Kirsty Milczarek (Female Jockey)

I have been a keen racing enthusiast for over thirty years now. I enjoy studying the form book and trying to find the elusive long priced winner. I always bet what I can afford to bet and always back one horse to win (each way if it is a good price). In this way I do quite well mainly because I don't set my sights too high. My aim is a small profit which buys a few little luxuries from time to time and allows me to enjoy my sport most afternoons.

A friend of mine who dips into this blog now and then complained to me the other evening that I never give any racing tips! I might try one day if I see a good one just for an interest but I do have a tip. Watch the career of Kirsty Milczarek. At present she is a three pound claiming apprentice fighting desperately to get a toe hold on the lower echelons of the jockey ladder.

Since the winter all-weather season began she has booted home winner after winner and many of them at decent prices. She caught my eye because she almost always gets her horses into winning positions. She invariable gets a good position out of the gates and if she doesn't win it is because the horse is lacking not the jockey.

This girl rides with intelligence and she knows her horses. I will be watching very closely when the flat season comes around and the big boys ply their trade on the various grass courses. I just hope someone gives her a chance even when she loses her apprentice allowance because I really think she will be worth it.