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By Sarah L. Greenhalgh
Times Newspapers Special Writer
Jockeys at the Virginia
Gold Cup can be classified
into two categories:
professional and amateur. Just don’t be fooled by the word amateur; it has very little to do with riding ability and everything to do with bank accounts.
Amateur status means a jockey is basically racing for free. Amateurs receive no riding fee nor a percentage of the race’s prize money, things a professional jockey counts an to put money in the bank. Professionals receive 10 percent of the winning owners’share of the purse.
Amateurs primarily race for feme, and for bragging rights.
Many amateurs survive the prize money deficit with independent wealth, though plenty of amateurs also hold down a
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