A recent look at the Australian Jockey’s Association led to looking at the National Jockeys Trust website. We live in an imperfect world and tragedies happen. For jockeys, this can often come in the way of a fall from a horse that renders them incapable of continuing their riding career.
Suddenly they are unable to earn a living and it may even impact on a spouse and children. The income earner is now not bringing in funds and the family struggles to meet their daily needs. The National Jockeys Trust has been set up to help families that are in need because of an accident a jockey had whilst race riding.
I love to see initiatives like this. There is a financial need – through not fault of the jockey’s own – and it is met by the generosity of people who provide funds to this trust. The details on the website indicate how much the trust has already been able to help those in need:
The National Jockeys Trust has helped over three hundred jockeys with equipment and resources
to assist them during and after their recovery.200 riders are injured a year. $3.3 million in assistance has been provided to seriously injured jockeys and their families. Apparently 89% of race falls result in the fallen jockey needing assistance.
You can find out more about the statistics on the website. There are also details of how they help those in need.
This is another opportunity to consider your equine industry and needs that could be met in it. Is there a trust that could be set up to help equine workers that have fallen on hard times due to an accident in the industry? Could the generosity of others help to build up and also meet the needs of an industry?
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