With a daily regime that includes 7am starts, intensive military fitness training and a mountain of tack to clean, a stint at the Northern Racing College in Doncaster would be challenging for anyone.
But the students who take the 10-week intensive courses offered by the college are no ordinary teens. Many have been in trouble with the police, can barely read or write and have been expelled from school.
'Without this place, some kids would probably never achieve anything,' explains Malcolm Bygrave, the course manager. 'All our kids are turnarounds. Every one of these kids has come in here with a goal and if we can get them out into a racing yard, then they might achieve that goal.'
Northern Racing College turns teenage tearaways into Grand National winning jockeys | Mail Online
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