Jockeys face a clear and present danger - every day

Newmarket: A Year at the Home of Horse racing tracked figures such as bloodstock agents, trainers and owners through the seasons, but Carter remembered one group a little more vividly than the others. The jockeys.
“That was my first time speaking to jockeys in any detail, and I realised theirs was a fascinating community. I thought there might be a book in it, Bloomsbury (the publishers) thought horse racing was an area they’d like to move into, so . . .”