CHAMPION JOCKEY


Meaning of CHAMPION JOCKEY in English

n

( in Britain ) the jockey who has won the most horse races in a season. There are two champion jockeys each year, the one who wins the most steeplechases (= races with jumps) in the winter, and the one who wins the most flat races (= ones without jumps) in the summer.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.